Any university lecturer will tell you that luring students to a morning lecture is an uphill struggle. Prof Vikki Locke, the director of undergraduate studies at Loughborough business school, said students “absolutely love” the technology and have been begging for selfies with the gadget. Zoom calls, she said, led students to “feel like they were watching TV … there’s a distance. He said: “Proto has the technology to project an image of Stephen Hawking, or anybody, and make it look like he’s really there. Gary Burnett, a professor of digital creativity at Loughborough University, said: “Different immersive technologies and AI are the new forms of literacy.

Source: The Guardian January 21, 2024 20:46 UTC