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Invite Only VR: 2019 Finalist in The Serious Games Showcase & Challenge!
Friday, November 1, 2019
Invite Only VR: A Vaping Prevention Game was recognized as a finalist in the international serious games competition.
2nd Place in GALA Serious Game Competition!
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Invite Only VR was awarded second place in the 2019 GALA Serious Game competition!
Article in Yale Daily News
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
What’s in your Juul? More than you think, Yale scientists find, is a new report about the dangers of JUUL that appeared in Yale Daily News on September 3, 2019, and features comments from our own Dr. Hieftje!
Gamasutra Article
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Check out the new article in Gamasutra: “Come to XRCD and learn how VR can have a positive impact in classrooms”, posted on August 27, 2019!
Revolutionary Learning Blog
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Read Dr. Kimberly Hieftje blog’s for Revolutionary Learning entitled “Bringing VR games to the classrooms – are we ready?”, posted on August 6, 2019.
VR World Tech
Monday, March 4, 2019
March 4, 2019 – A great write up about smokeSCREEN VR and our play4REAL XR Lab!
Yale News
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
January 23, 2019 – Yale announces our newest project with Oculus Education!
CNBC
Thursday, May 3, 2018
May 3, 2018 – Facebook’s Oculus backs VR game to help teens kick e-cigarette habit, a terrific write up about Invite Only VR. Read here!
Oculus Blog
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Great write up by Oculus about our project and other projects/research teams partnering with Oculus Education. Read their blog here!
Yale press release!
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
November 15, 2017 – New Yale lab uses virtual reality games to reduce risk in teens Read all about our partnership with Oculus and the launch of our play4REAL XR Lab here!