WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.173 >> BALL STATE'S INSTITUTE FOR DIGITAL INTERMEDIA ARTS HAS DEVELOPED A PLATFORM CALLED MEET3D THAT IS DESIGNED TO 2 00:00:07.173 --> 00:00:15.715 COMBAT WHAT IS KNOWN AS ‘ZOOM FATIGUE.' IT INCORPORATES VIRTUAL REALITY INTO BUSINESS MEETINGS AND ONLINE CLASSES, 3 00:00:15.715 --> 00:00:23.490 ALLOWING USERS TO CHOOSE AVATARS AND INTERACT IN A SHARED DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT. THE LAB'S DIRECTOR JOHN FILLWALK 4 00:00:23.490 --> 00:00:34.634 IS HERE TO EXPLAIN HOW IT WORKS. JOHN, WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. >> YEAH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> THE INSTITUTE FOR DIGITAL 5 00:00:34.634 --> 00:00:44.644 IMMEDIATE ARTS, ABOUT 15 YEARS OLD NOW. A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE DIGITAL FOCUS, INNOVATION FOCUS, I GUESS, AT BALL STATE. GIVE ME 6 00:00:44.644 --> 00:00:50.250 A THUMBNAIL DESCRIPTION OF THE LAB. >> ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE CLIENTS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE THAT WE 7 00:00:50.250 --> 00:00:58.958 WORK WITH IN HELPING THEM SOLVE PROBLEMS ACROSS ANY DISCIPLINE, FROM HEALTHCARE TO HUMANS, TO ARTS, TO TEACHING AND LEARNING. 8 00:00:58.958 --> 00:01:08.768 >> ALL RIGHT. OBVIOUSLY VIRTUAL REALITY IS REALITY NOW IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE BOARD ROOM FOR THAT MATTER. TALK ABOUT THIS 9 00:01:08.768 --> 00:01:18.711 MEET 3D THAT YOU DEVELOPED. NOW THE IDEA CAME TO BATTLE ZOOM FATIGUE. >> A LOT OF PIECES WE'VE 10 00:01:18.711 --> 00:01:30.256 DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS, WE HAD SOME OF THIS ALREADY FUNCTIONAL, BUT WE THOUGHT WE REALLY SHOULD FOCUS ON CREATING A PRODUCT THAT 11 00:01:30.256 --> 00:01:38.531 WOULD HELP FACILITATE THESE KIND OF SHARED ONLINE EXPERIENCES, AND ADD ELEMENTS THAT YOU CAN'T NORMALLY DO IN A SIMPLE VIDEO 12 00:01:38.531 --> 00:01:49.442 KIND OF CONFERENCE. >> ALL RIGHT. DESCRIBE MEET 3D, HOW IT WORKS. >> ESSENTIALLY -- IT'S NOT 13 00:01:49.442 --> 00:01:56.850 UNLIKE A VIDEO GAME WHERE YOU CAN COME IN AND CHOOSE A CHARACTER TO REPRESENT YOURSELF, AND THEN YOU WOULD INTERACT WITH 14 00:01:56.850 --> 00:02:07.961 THE WORLD. IT'S MULTI-PLAYER, YOU CAN SEE OTHER PEOPLE, THEIR NAME TAGS, SORT OF A BADGE, AND YOU WOULD THEN ALSO BE ABLE TO 15 00:02:07.961 --> 00:02:17.003 COMMUNICATE WITH THEM THROUGH CHAT, OR A VOICE. SO, MUCH LIKE SOME OF THESE MULTI-PLAYER GAMES. BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS 16 00:02:17.003 --> 00:02:22.809 HERE WE'RE LEARNING, OR PERHAPS WE'RE AT A CONFERENCE, OR DOING A BUSINESS MEETING, THAT SORT OF THING. 17 00:02:22.809 --> 00:02:36.823 >> HOW ARE YOU SENSING THE REACTION TO MEET 3D FROM FOLKS YOU'VE INTRODUCED IT TO? WHAT IS THE GENERAL REACTION? 18 00:02:36.823 --> 00:02:47.600 >> THEY'RE EXCITED. WE'RE TRYING TO INTRODUCE PEOPLE, I THINK NEED A LITTLE LEVITY. SO WE'VE DONE SOMETHING WHERE...DRIVE-IN 19 00:02:47.600 --> 00:03:01.247 STRUCTURE WHERE THE AUDIENCE WOULD COME TO THE RALLY IN CARS. WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE FUN. SO WE CREATED A DRIVE-IN LECTURE 20 00:03:01.247 --> 00:03:11.291 HALL. WE ALSO HAVE VERY SERIOUS SPACES, TRADITIONALLY MODELLED, LIKE A CONFERENCE ROOM OR AUDITORIUM. WE'RE WORKING ON A 21 00:03:11.291 --> 00:03:18.831 BREAKOUT ROOM FOR TEAM BUILDING, TO HELP PROBLEM SOLVE THE TYPICAL KIND OF SCENARIO, ESCAPE FROM THE ROOM. 22 00:03:18.831 --> 00:03:27.073 >> AS WE THINK ABOUT POST PANDEMIC WORLD, THESE ARE THINGS COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC THAT WILL BE IN YOUR VIEW REALLY A 23 00:03:27.073 --> 00:03:32.679 PART AS PART AND PARCEL OF EVERY-DAY BUSINESS GOING FORWARD. >> I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. 24 00:03:32.679 --> 00:03:41.621 BUSINESS, TEACHING, LEARNING, ANY KIND OF COMMUNICATION I THINK HAS BEEN ALTERED, AND WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED 25 00:03:41.621 --> 00:03:48.995 BY WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS PAST YEAR, OR SO. HOPEFULLY NOT TOO MUCH LONGER. >> YEAH, RIGHT. 26 00:03:48.995 --> 00:03:56.302 >> GET OUT FROM UNDER IT. THAT'S MY OPINION. >> RIGHT. AS YOU LOOK AT THE LAB THERE, PRIMARILY STAFF THERE, 27 00:03:56.302 --> 00:04:03.810 SOME STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED, BUT STAFF MOSTLY GETTING INVOLVED AND ENGAGED IN THE INNOVATION AND WHAT'S PRODUCED THERE. 28 00:04:03.810 --> 00:04:12.485 >> WE V WHAT I LIKE TO THINK OF LIKE A FARM SYSTEM FROM BASEBALL, WE HIRE STUDENTS, AND THEY GET TRAINED BY WORKED WITH 29 00:04:12.485 --> 00:04:21.494 THE STAFF, AND WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO -- MOST STAFF HAVE BEEN WITH US FROM THE BEGINNING, AND YOU WILL WERE 30 00:04:21.494 --> 00:04:27.900 BALL STATE STUDENTS ORIGINALLY, I THINK OF IT AS A BASEBALL METAPHOR. >> INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY AT 31 00:04:27.900 --> 00:04:34.340 BALL STATE, MAKING A DIFFERENCE. JOHN FILLWALK, THE LAB DIRECTOR THERE, MEET 3D IS THE PROJECT.