Viewsonic introduced its “Universe By ViewSonic” product, the metaverse of education, at the GESS Fair. ViewSonic, one of the world's leading brands in the field of display and educational technologies, hosted UNIVERSE by ViewSonic, a strong and secure virtual campus where students will feel more connected and interact more with different themes and personalized avatars, between 24-26 May at GESS Turkey Educational Technologies. and Solutions Fair, brought together with the education world. ViewSonic Turkey Country Manager M. Önder Şengür, who gave information about “UNIVERSE by ViewSonic” that brings the advantages of face-to-face education to the digital environment and other edtech solutions, said, “We continue to implement our 'Ecosystem as a Service' strategy to create a digital education ecosystem.”
ViewSonic, the world's leading manufacturer of imaging and educational technologies; With its new product “UNIVERSE by ViewSonic”, which increases the success of students and facilitates the work of teachers by providing effective learning experiences on a digital campus, students, teachers, parents and education professionals came together at the GESS Turkey Educational Technologies and Solutions Fair.
The brand that offers new perspectives and products with its innovative technological solutions in education; introduced the unique UNIVERSE by ViewSonic product, which has not been implemented in Turkey before, providing an effective learning and teaching experience in the virtual campus located in the metaverse universe, in a special experience setup it has set up on a 50 m2 stand area. Exploring the newest dimension of education by visiting ViewSonic's attractive booth, the participants experienced how UNIVERSE by ViewSonic makes the online education process more interactive, effective and enjoyable through different avatars, themes and areas. The product, designed to maximize the focus and success of students in the online environment, in line with the changing educational needs, revealed the latest point of digital education.
At the ViewSonic booth, which brought the thematic classroom experience to the fair, students who experienced a virtual biology classroom witnessed how they could interact with biological structures such as blood platelets and nerve cells. Focusing primarily on biology, ViewSonic also plans to create thematic rooms based on topics such as English, mathematics, geography and history in the future.
“With UNIVERSE by ViewSonic, online education will no longer be one-way”
ViewSonic Turkey Country Manager M. Önder Şengür, who conveys the unique advantages offered by UNIVERSE by ViewSonic, which removes online education from a one-way education approach where only teachers teach and students listen passively, said, “The metaverse education universe, which has been implemented for the first time in Turkey. UNIVERSE by ViewSonic, private and group with narration and discussion modes sohbetIt offers features such as The interactive environment that the product provides in a comfortable and safe way enables students to establish meaningful connections with their teachers and classmates. In addition, the virtual campus, which offers many interactive areas such as main learning spaces such as lecture halls, break areas, different meeting rooms, makes online education interactive.”
“We are working to create a digital education ecosystem”
Şengül stated that they are very happy to bring a new dimension to the Edtech sector and to introduce the UNIVERSE by ViewSonic product to its audience at GESS; “UNIVERSE by ViewSonic, a first in the Edtech industry; It features Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) and different Learning Management Systems (LMS) like Canvas and Blackboard. We have a strong server infrastructure, software that is open to special additions or adaptations. UNIVERSE is run by installing programs on Android, Apple and Windows devices. It requires no additional accessories and lower requirements than most video conferencing platforms, consuming only 500Kbps per connection. In the near future, we will share the Android and MacOS versions of the product, which becomes even more effective when used with myViewBoard, which offers digital course contents and interactive screens, with the education world.”
Stating that ViewSonic continues to implement the “Ecosystem as a Service (EaaS)” strategy to create a digital education ecosystem, Şahin concluded his words as follows: “Even though we see the increase in digitalization in education, the technology used is not making full use of what is possible. UNIVERSE gives students and teachers access to solutions that leverage the latest and most innovative technologies to enhance their online learning experience.”
At the fair, ViewSonic showcased its other solutions for educators for digital learning, along with a variety of pre-made digital course content from ViewSonic Originals, as well as the latest ViewBoard interactive displays and myViewBoard software packages. At the event, which was met with great interest, the participants had the opportunity to experience the latest educational technology solutions in different scenarios.