Location
Meriam Library, Room 142
530-898-4357
itss@csuchico.edu

Business Hours
7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday – Friday
Closed on weekends and holidays

Rooms for Instructor Use

Available spaces on campus

Student stands in a VR learning space with a headset and controlers Chico State has technology-enhanced rooms for instructors to use, and support staff to assist in training or reservations.

Our goal is to support faculty in finding innovative ways to provide study tools for challenging subjects. By utilizing these technologies, students can have immersive learning experiences that foster interest in the subject matter.

Our specialty rooms are:

Multimedia Recording Studio

What: Lecture capturing and recording system for presenting materials from a PC or notes written using the Learning Glass System
Where: Meriam Library, Room 027B
Comes with: Professionally lit studio space, PC computer for sharing lecture materials, automatic recording to Kaltura ID, Learning Glass surface with pens and cleaning supplies

Room Features

Allows you to record high-definition video presentations, speeches, or lectures
Document camera or video source can be incorporated into recorded material
Allows you to inset a video, image, or powerpoint in your recording with multiple presenter modes
Flips things in real-time so your audience can see the material correctly, allowing you to write notes and maintain face-to-face contact

Reserve the Multimedia Recording Studio

Virtual Reality Lab

What: Immersive technology lab for faculty to experiment with augmented reality and virtual reality.
Where: Meriam Library, Room 003
Comes with: diverse software compatible with our AR and VR headsets

Room Features

Headsets for dozens of students
Pre-installed software that allows you to bring you teaching ideas to life
Portable equipment options available for large-scale experiences

Review the list of recommended software

Ready to request a service

If you would like to schedule a training or make a reservation for MLIB 003, please contact our staff.

Email: classroom@csuchico.edu or

Call: 530-898-5475

Additional Information

List of recommended VR or AR software

Chico State has purchased a variety of software catering to multiple disciplines utilizing our AR and VR headsets, enabling faculty to deliver study tools for students in fields that are difficult to teach using conventional methods. If you have a session scheduled in the VR lab, we recommend trying the following software:

Sciences
3D Organon VR Anatomy
3D Organon VR Anatomy is the world’s first fully-featured virtual reality anatomy atlas. Learn human anatomy with over 4,000 realistic anatomical models/structures sided with quality text descriptions per body structure. Explore the human body like never before with this revolutionary medical app!
Calcflow
Manipulate vectors with your hands, explore vector addition and cross product. See and feel a double integral of a sinusoidal graph in 3D, a mobius strip and it's normal, and spherical coordinates! Create your own parameterized function and vector field!
Nanome
Manipulate chemicals and proteins with your hands, explore chemistry and nanotechnology from a whole new perspective, collaborate with others, learn and create like never before.
LookVR
Explore, interact with, and view your data in virtual reality.
Space and Environment
Within
Discover the best VR content from the world’s finest VR creators—all in a single app. From gripping tales set in worlds of pure imagination to documentaries taking you further inside the news than ever before, WITHIN brings together premium, story-based immersive content in a variety of genres.
Buzz Aldrin: Cycling Pathways to Mars
Buzz Aldrin wants to be remembered for more than just "kicking up moon dust." He wants his legacy to include laying the groundwork for a permanent human settlement on Mars, and he has a plan.
Google Earth VR
Google Earth VR lets you explore the world from totally new perspectives in virtual reality. Stroll the streets of Tokyo, soar over the Grand Canyon, or walk around the Eiffel Tower.
Welcome to Light Fields
Welcome to Light Fields. Experience real-world reflections, depth, and translucence like never before in VR. Explore the Gamble House, Mosaic Tile House, and the Space Shuttle Discovery.
Realities
Explore what was out of reach before - travel to mesmerizing real world places and discover their stories!
Universe Sandbox ²
Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale... with a space simulator that merges real-time gravity, climate, collision, and material interactions to reveal the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet.
Art Experiences
The Night Cafe
The Night Cafe is an environment that allows you to explore the world of Vincent van Gogh first hand. Take a moment to enjoy his iconic sunflowers in 3 dimensions or walk around the chair he painted in his bedroom to see it from another angle. Step into the vivid colors straight from his palette.
The VR Museum of Fine Art
Explore a virtual museum in room-scale VR: see famous sculptures in full, 1:1 scale and see famous paintings without the limitations of glass and security guards.
Noda
Noda gives you virtual space to organize your ideas. Use words, shapes and pictures to model concepts and create mental maps. Get in to thinking in VR.
Blocks
Blocks lets you easily create 3D objects in virtual reality, no matter your modeling experience. Using six simple tools, you can bring your applications to life, create a volumetric masterpiece, or simply let your imagination run wild.
Tilt Brush
Tilt Brush lets you paint in 3D space with virtual reality. Unleash your creativity with three-dimensional brush strokes, stars, light, and even fire. Your room is your canvas. Your palette is your imagination. The possibilities are endless.
Misc
EXA: The Infinite Instrument
Step into EXA, an immersive musical studio where you can compose, record, and perform music using expressive instruments of your own design. Jam with EXA’s huge sound library or your own, create virtual bands, invent 'impossible' playing styles, export to WAV/MIDI, and so much more.
Speech Trainer
Speech Trainer is a virtual auditorium where you can learn to overcome your fear of public speaking by addressing a virtual audience.

Classroom Technology How-to Guides

Access tutorials for common classroom technical issues in our Classroom Technology How-to Guides.