On March 30th, the Smith College Gaming Lab at the Imaging Center, the Center for Media Production, and the KnowledgeLab’s Gaming Archives Project are doing a 3-way multiplayer playthrough of Star Trek Bridge Crew and Rec Room in virtual space simultaneously from each of these locations. Players from each location will be logging in via their respective Vives, or virtual reality headsets, and joining together in virtual space to fly the Starship Enterprise and to compete against each other in a myriad of competitive games such as ping-pong. Attendees can come try out the Vive, watch the playthrough and/or participate in a discussion around how they might see this kind of experience as a learning opportunity and how it could be used in education and research.

For more information on our last VR Playthrough please see, Talking About Virtual Reality