At its fall board meeting, the Carolinas Virtual World Consortium (CVWC) Board of Directors voted to extend membership to the University Center of Greenville (UCG). The CVWC is a group of universities, school districts, and corporate partners dedicated to investigating how 3-dimensional virtual worlds can enhance teaching, training, and learning at all educational levels.

UCG President & CEO, Dr. Fred Baus, said that joining the consortium will “allow the University Center to remain at the cutting edge of technologies for teaching and learning, and advance new models for immersive learning in virtual environments.” Bruce Rafert, Chairman of the CVWC’s Board of Directors, expressed his enthusiasm for the Board’s decision, saying that, “The seven universities and 130 faculty housed at the University Center bring a lot of capability, strength, and growth potential for weaving immersive technologies into the fabric of the Upstate.

Rafert adds, “This partnership positions this region to become a core hub of activity related to research and development in immersive technologies as we bring the combined resources of the CVWC and the University Center to bear on the possibilities of virtual worlds.