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Virtual Reality Lab

Virtual reality (VR) offers significant potential in the areas of teaching, learning and research. The VR Lab in Waldo Library at Western Michigan University provides a space for you to explore this technology.

Reserve a VR station

Lab features

Experience VR at one of 10 stations in our Virtual Reality Lab through a Meta Quest all-in-one headset. Headsets can be used wirelessly for greater freedom or wired to a PC for additional graphics capability.

Numerous titles are installed to highlight some of the technology’s potential.

Software and other learning tools are available to make your own VR content. You may also bring your own content developed elsewhere to test in the Lab.

Meta Quest 2

10 available

View Quest 2 tech specs

Meta Quest Pro

2 available

View Quest Pro tech specs

Today's hours

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Location

The Virtual Reality Lab is located on the lower level of Waldo Library. Check in at Tech Lab desk.

Other tech spaces

Available titles

Games

Educational and artistic

Tools for creating VR content

3D modeling

VR game engines

Content creation tools

Adobe Creative Cloud including:

Photoshop
After Effects
Premiere
Audition
Fuse
Character Animator
Illustrator

Faculty members and instructors

The VR Lab is here to help you learn about the technology and how to integrate VR content into your classes and research. And the whole Lab can be reserved for educational usage. Email Alex Teal for more information.

Questions about the VR Lab?

Email the Tech Lab