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But instead, you step into a 16-by-16-square-foot space with a moving floor and blowing\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222020-12-22T08:50:00-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/22\/2020-8:50am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"ASU\u2019s new virtual reality immersive biology curriculum called Dreamscape Learn, made possible through a partnership with Dreamscape Immersive, is based on the work of curriculum experts at ASU. Students in the university and beyond will benefit from the new world order of education: VR immersive learning.","teaser":"Imagine you\u2019re a biology student studying hundreds of unknown species and microscopic life forms. 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