Jan. 28 Transition to Virtual Operations, Campus Closed

Bowie State University will be transitioning to virtual operations for all classes and office operations on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. The campus will be closed to all non-essential personnel, and all campus activities are canceled. All buildings except residence halls will be closed. Essential personnel should report on time. This is due to the extended time required to clear the extensive snow and ice accumulation on campus. University crews are making every effort to resume campus operations, as a safe return to in-person learning and work remains our top priority. Only essential personnel and residential students are permitted access to the campus on Jan. 28. For more information, please visit BowieState.edu/weather.

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Department of Computer Science

Virtual Reality

Contact
Sharad Sharma
Professor, Department of Computer Scienc
301-860-4502
ssharma@bowiestate.edu

The goal of the VR Lab is to introduce students to Virtual Reality (VR)/ Augmented reality (AR) hardware, software, and provide an opportunity for them to apply this knowledge to applications for education, modeling, simulation, and games.

This laboratory applies cutting-edge VR/AR technology currently available in academia and industry. The lab applies research methods from social science, artificial intelligence, software engineering, and data visualization to address the challenge of including social, emotional, and communication factors into modeling and simulation. The students and faculty are pioneering the use of VR/AR/MR technology in areas such as evacuation simulation, way finding, battlefield simulation,  multi-user virtual environment (MUVE), instructional modules, mobile augmented reality application (MARA), evacuation drills, VR classroom environment, data visualization, emergency response and decision making.

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