This is great news, but I wonder, “how will the scratch ‘n sniff be deployed”?
Joking aside, congratulations to Nicole Anderson for a sizeable grant to use virtual reality to increase student interest and understanding of farm animal welfare. The funds will help develop four virtual reality modules that focus on operating commercial dairy and swine farms.
Source: Feedstuffs, October 29, 2020. Link. “In the perfect situation, students would put on the Oculus goggles and actually walk through the dairy and swine farms,” Anderson said. “There will be an option, though, where you can access the virtual reality simulation through a computer. We want to make our modules as compatible as possible.”