Imagine being able to experience flying a plane without leaving the ground, or seeing in 3D how rainwater runoff will affect an area before a big storm.

This (and more) is made possible at Rowan University’s Virtual Reality Center, one of the five research centers located at the South Jersey technology park. The VR center offers a hands-on, project-based experience to students enrolled in Rowan University’s technology programs: Computer Science, Data Analytics, Bioinformatics and Engineering. To increase accessibility to the resource, the state-of-the-art VR Center is made available to all students in the programs, not just Ph.D. candidates.

The VR Center itself is an impressive build. It features a custom-made, 7-by-40-foot curved wall of screens — enough room for up to 25 people to work together on 3D applications. Users can choose from a variety of different augmented- and virtual-reality headsets such as the Microsoft HoloLens, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Meta 2 and ODG R-7 Smartglasses.

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