Christiansburg Institute centerpiece of virtual reality learning app

CHRISTIANSBURG (WSLS 10) – Some Blacksburg students are learning history and social studies on the road, and they’re using technology to bring history to life.

If the remaining two buildings of the historic Christiansburg Institute could talk, Auburn Elementary students might know what they were saying.

“I think it’s kind of cool that were actually at the building outside of it right now and that we get to use the tablet to see where the other buildings were in the past,” fifth-grader Lucas Coffey said.

Coffey and his fifth grade classmates are testing a new app designed by Virginia Tech researchers called C.I. Spy. The app is a learning tool, giving users a virtual view into the history of places like the Christiansburg Institute.

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