Streaming Science #5: Using Virtual Reality Tours for Engagement With Your Target Audience

Jamie Loizzo , , Caroline Barnett, , , and

Release Date: 10/17/2023

Reviewed At: 10/15/2026

DOI: 10.32473/EDIS-wc440-2023

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Abstract

This is the fifth of seven publications in the Streaming Science EDIS series about using mobile instructional and communication technologies (ICTs) for outreach and engagement with your target audiences. This publication is intended as a guide for communication and education professionals to use various virtual reality (VR) hardware and software to create immersive online content about agricultural and natural resources spaces and places to communicate, teach, and engage with scientific content.

About this Publication

This document is AEC779, one of a series of the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication. Original publication date October 2023. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Loizzo, J., Spandau, G., Barnett, C., Akers, A., Bolger, A., & Meyers, C. (2023). Streaming Science #5: Using Virtual Reality Tours for Engagement With Your Target Audience. EDIS, 2023(5). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-wc440-2023

Authors

Jamie Loizzo

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Specialist

University of Florida

associate professor and e-learning coordinator, Department of Agricultural Education and Communication

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Gabriel Spandau

graduate research assistant, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, Gainesville, FL

Caroline Barnett

student

University of Florida

graduate assistant, Department of Agricultural Education and Communication

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Alice Akers

graduate research assistant, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, Gainesville, FL

Alexis Bolger

graduate research assistant, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, Gainesville, FL

Courtney Meyers

professor and graduate studies coordinator, Texas Tech University Department of Agricultural Education and Communications, Lubbock, TX

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