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Goergen Athletic Center: A 2021 Special
Our rendition of the GAC is dedicated to the student athletes, employees, and friends that persevered to make this year special. We will forever cheer…
Meet a Developer: Serena Builds Wilson Commons
Serena is the first Virtual UR team member to be highlighted in our new Meet a Developer behind-the-scenes series. Some of her largest accomplishments in…
Installing Virtual Elevators and Lifts
The Virtual UR development team took on a complicated project this week – creating and implementing a design for functioning elevators in the virtual Minecraft…
The Art of Building a Virtual Campus in Minecraft
One common question our team receives, especially from UR alumni interested in the Virtual UR project, is how our world developers knew which blocks to…
Virtual UR Grand Opening
The Virtual UR Grand Opening included a tour and the public opening of the Minecraft world. Not long after opening, emotional notes poured in from…
Honoring the University of Rochester Class of 2020
After the overwhelmingly-positive community response to the creation of Virtual UR, our team worked to develop a plan for honoring the achievements of the Class…
In sharing our story, we hope you experience the same creative discovery that led our team to form several months ago! Please enjoy this video from a joint presentation one of our cofounders and colleagues at RIT gave during the Frameless Labs Research Symposium. It covers the Virtual UR experience so everyone can enjoy the magic of Minecraft and virtual reality.
A multimedia slideshow of the Virtual UR experience, from the project’s creation to today!