La realidad virtual, un método para aumentar el conocimiento, entretenerse y compartir información

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El pasado 22 de marzo a las 4:00 p.m. el CI+E llevó a cabo un taller de Realidad Virtual para Dummies, que se realizó en el Cali Design Factory (CDF), ubicado en el primer piso del edificio Cedro Rosado.

La actividad hace parte de una iniciativa que consiste en traer distintas experiencias formativas a la Universidad, así como poner a disposición de los estudiantes y colaboradores las herramientas y dispositivos del CI+E.

El taller fue dirigido por el invitado Andrés Adolfo Navarro-Newball, Ingeniero de Sistemas y Computación, de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana en Cali (1994); Máster en Ciencias en Computación Gráfica y Ambientes Virtuales, de la Universidad de Hull, en el Reino Unido (1998); y Doctor en Ciencias de la Computación, de la Universidad de Otago, en Nueva Zelanda (2010).

El evento comenzó con una presentación de la historia de la realidad virtual, la cual inició con dispositivos que, junto a los primeros proyectores, dieron origen al cine. Luego llegó el concepto de ‘estereopsis’, que permitió las primeras exploraciones de imágenes tridimensionales. Posteriormente, surgió en los años 60, el sensorama, una máquina que se convirtió en la primera experiencia de inmersión multisensorial y, por supuesto, en un hito en la apenas iniciada trayectoria de la realidad virtual.

El tallerista compartió algunos conceptos claves: inició con ‘realidad’, luego ‘realidad aumentada’, ‘virtualidad aumentada’ y, finalmente, ‘virtualidad’. Además, presentó la idea del metaverso y cómo este debería complementar el mundo real, y no sustituirlo. De este modo, al desarrollar dicho mundo virtual, no se desatienden los problemas del mundo real, sino que se buscan soluciones a partir del encuentro entre ambos mundos.

Después de la presentación de estos conceptos e ideas claves, Navarro expuso diferentes plataformas digitales para poder acceder y crear mundos virtuales, entre las que mencionó a Vuforia, Minecraft (versión estudiantil), Godot y Mozilla Hubs. Lo anterior, con el propósito de presentar la realidad virtual como un método para aumentar el conocimiento, entretenerse y compartir información.

El taller culminó con la exploración de los diferentes dispositivos disponibles en la Universidad por parte de los participantes, entre ellos estudiantes y colaboradores. El tallerista, quien actualmente se desempeña como Profesor Titular e Investigador en el Departamento de Electrónica y Ciencias de la Computación de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, y que colabora activamente con los grupos de investigación Destino de la institución, Museo I+D+C de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y el Laboratorio de Experiencias Universales Conectadas, dejó un mensaje de cierre muy importante:

“Estas cosas existen. Son parte del presente y van a ser, definitivamente, parte del futuro”.
Recordamos a la comunidad que el Centro Javeriano de Innovación y Emprendimiento – CI+E cuenta con diversos recursos y herramientas que pueden favorecer nuevas formas de enseñanza y aprendizaje. Síguenos en Instagram como @ciejaveriana.

Fuente: Universidad Javeiana Cali

In Valle del Cauca they inaugurate the first virtual reality laboratory - Cali - Colombia

To advance in inclusive education, Valle del Cauca becomes a promoter of the inauguration of the first Latin American virtual reality laboratory for children with visual and hearing limitations; in addition to being the space that will provide the installation of an international scientific colloquium.

The opening of the laboratory and the realization of the conservatory initiates the monday 28 February at the Institute for Blind and Deaf Children of Cali, in the second stage of the collaborative project between Colombia and Quebec (Canada): “Narrative, virtual reality and sensory deficiencies”.

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The research is made up the Institute for Blind and Deaf Children, the Université de Sherbrooke de Québec, the Autonomous University of Bucaramanga and the Universidad Javeriana Cali. The team will be responsible for generating educational spaces for children with visual and hearing disabilities.

It should be noted that the initiative was born for the first time in Colombia, but unlike the other countries that had already been working in favor of education with virtual realityin this case, in the capital of the Valley this proposal reaches children with sensory limitations, for the evaluation and cognitive intervention of his training.

It is stipulated that the investment of this study has a cost of 80,000 dollars, that is to say around 320 million pesos, which will be financed by the Quebec Society and Culture Research Fund.

The experts define the project as a space to take advantage of the wealth of new technologies in augmented reality and develop forms of narratives that facilitate learning to read and write.

“The production of protocols for the virtual reality scenarios will be made for the staging of the stories, the evaluation and development of the processes and the educational intervention,” said doctor Pedro Pablo Perea, general director of the Cali institution.

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In this way, through four stages they hope that the project will be successful.

“The creation of digital multisensory prototypes, creation of stories for children, staging of 5 stories with the help of virtual reality and the validation of stories through the DELPHI method (experts who validate indicators to measure the impact of research )”.

In addition, they have stipulated the use of adequate equipment to fulfill the function of the experience, with glasses and hearing and visual aids.

“Lenses that allow viewing holograms and supports to magnify the tactile experience of attendees,” added Perea.

“Lenses that allow viewing holograms and supports to magnify the tactile experience of attendees”

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Additionally, the director explained that the technological methods will be used for the evaluation of the processes that have to do with the development of the discernible abilities.

“The recognition of objects, abilities to orient oneself in space and coordinate eye or hand movements, for example: to build figures with Legos or blocks”, he mentioned.

Likewise, a neuropsychological intervention program and educational studies on neurovisual disorders will begin to be implemented, where Colombia will be the first promoter of such a task.

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An international scientific colloquium

The event that brings together specialists and interdisciplinary researchers will take place during the 2, 3 and 4 of March at the Javeriana University of Cali.

The purpose is to disseminate knowledge about narrative, the role of art and the use of virtual reality in education, in order to study the rehabilitation of children with sensory limitations and all kinds of brain disorders.

There will be the participation of Canadian, Spanish and Colombian researchers, specialized in visual arts, virtual reality, computer science, neuropsychology, speech therapy, occupational therapy and education.

Those who are interested in attending can do so in person or virtually with prior registration, through number 3218200, extension 8266.

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The femicide that would have started on a virtual date in Cali - Cali - Colombia

The authorities reportedThe arrests of four men, including one who would have set a deadly trap for a young woman and another, who is a minor, to whom they attribute the death of the stepmother.

The commander of the Metropolitan Police, General Juan Carlos León Montes, said that “morphological analysis, interviews, photographic albums, follow-ups and citizen information are some of the tools used by judicial investigators to establish the circumstances of time, manner and place surrounding the homicides”.

He noted that this has allowed the clarification of at least 18 percent of the cases reported between 2019 and 2022.

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On Thursday, August 26, 2021, Carolina Zúñiga Hernandez, 22, enlisted and told her mother that she would not delay. He left the house in the Lurdes neighborhood, in commune 18, where he lived with a young son and relatives.

The virtual conversation indicated that he would meet a man, unknown to the family, in the surroundings of the Academy sector, a hillside in Cali.

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Carolina Zúñiga Hermández, was found dead in the La Reforma sector, south of Cali.

The relatives began with their alarm from that same night because she was not used to being absent or not communicating about her whereabouts, according to what they told the media.

The young woman’s mother managed to find a communication that her daughter had with a person on a social network. Those close to her found out that she had been in a public establishment with a man.

The search led to locating the body of the young woman, who had ties on her hands and feet, in the La Carbonera sector, in the La Reforma sector.

The site is near the road that leads to the villages of La Buitrera and Villacarmelo. He showed signs that would be torture, according to the first reports.

The Cali Police offered a reward of 10 million in search of establishing the identity and whereabouts of the perpetrator of the crime.
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General Juan Carlos León Montes, commander of the Metropolitan Police of Cali, pointed out that, “apparently, the victim would have arranged an appointment with an unknown person through social networks and hours later she was found dead and with visible signs of torture in rural area of ​​commune 18 of Cali”.

The commander of the Cali Police, Brigadier General Juan Carlos León, next to the poster.

In the Mojica neighborhood, in commune 15, the attempted femicide against a woman was reported and a man was arrested, who would have sexually abused the victim, with whom I would have a sentimental relationship,

It also caused injuries with a sharp object that caused the loss of the eyeball and almost death.

Units attached to the National Model of Community Surveillance by Quadrants materialized an arrest warrant for attempted femicide in competition with violent carnal access.

While a 15-year-old adolescent was apprehended, who according to the investigations carried out by the Basic Criminal Investigation Unit of the Protection Directorate, would be the material author of the murder of Jhoana Carvajal Fernández.

The woman suffered multiple gunshot wounds on November 24 in the Asturias neighborhood, commune 12 of Cali.

She would be the stepmother of the minor, who passed before the competent authority that ordered an insurance measure in a detention center for minors for femicide with circumstances of punitive aggravation and illegal possession of firearms.

The fourth capture was in the Primitivo Crespo neighborhood, where quadrant patrols enforced the court order against a 35-year-old foreign man.

The Police say that he would be the author of the death of Omaira Hernández Morales on January 20, a Venezuelan national, inside a house.

“It is presumed that after causing his death, the aggressor tried to disappear the evidence by setting fire, resulting in burns on his hands,” the report says.

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The captures are part of the Emfag strategy for the care of women, family and gender, for which the ‘Patrulla en Casa’ was implemented, which carries out activities focused on the prevention of violence in homes in Cali and the municipalities that in the area metropolitan.

The different types of violence of which they may be victims are disseminated, as well as care routes, self-protection measures and complaint channels.

The different types of violence of which they may be victims are disseminated, as well as care routes, self-protection measures and complaint channels.

The idea is, in addition to reducing the homicide rates in this part of the country, to speed up the cases, which is why ‘Express’ investigations are carried out in coordination with the Attorney General’s Office.

For this purpose, cell phone 3116253670, the emergency line 123 or 156 of the Red de Cooperantes, where police professionals guarantee complete confidentiality, are enabled.

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Sena opens call for virtual studies - Barranquilla - Colombia

The Sena opened a call for training entitled virtual and will be available until next February 27. Colombian citizens can register, as well as foreigners who have a residence and study permit in the country.

“The offer is available throughout the national territory and has 3,800 seats in technical programs such as: administrative support in health, digital marketing for the fashion system, foreign trade operations, industrial pattern making of clothing, micro-financial services and operations, accounting of commercial and financial operations”, announced Sena on its platform .

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“This modality offers flexibility in schedules, which will be very important for those who want to take a technical or technologist program at any time and place. All you need is the willingness to dedicate a minimum of three hours a day, to have a computer and internet connection and to carry out the training process of your choice”, said Jacqueline Rojas, director of the Atlántico regional office.

Similarly, there are technological programs such as: analysis and development of software, digital animation, advertising development, development of collections for the fashion industry and development of visual graphic media.

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Prior to registration, those interested must be registered in the Sofia Plus application. If not, enter here and follow the steps. For more information on the call, contact, in Bogotá, the free line 343 0111 and in the rest of the country at 018000-910-270.1.

All procedures can be fulfilled by entering: www.senasofiaplus.edu.co

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