Vcom3D's diverse client list spans the globe and touches a wide variety of consumers.
From organizations in the Pharmaceutical, Insurance, Banking and Media Development industries to world-class educational institutions, state/local governments and the US Army, our products help deliver cutting edge training and accessibility to thousands of people each day.
Vcom3D seeks to work with partners who consistently display “best in class” performance in their fields.
From global corporations to cutting edge educational institutions, our partners help us push the envelope and enhance our tools so that we can provide our clients the best software, service and results.
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Apple, Inc. is committed to helping schools enrich teaching and learning, simplify technology and inspire students to achieve more. The ongoing research for Mobile Language Reference tools on the video iPod will ensure that students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing can be successful. This partnership is a critical component to the success of students’ learning and comprehension. Vcom3D is pleased to partner with Apple in our quest to make learning accessible for these students.
Developers of K-12 educational programs, My Own Bookshelf, Test Me Score Me, and Task Builder, SoftTouch is well known in the special needs education community. Jo Meyer, affectionately known from her 30 years as a teacher as "Miss Jo", began developing software because what was available was not helping her students. ASL Animations works seamlessly with all of the SoftTouch programs, allowing their family of software programs to reach a brand new audience.
Dr. Ruth Clark has focused her professional efforts on bridging the gap between academic research in instructional methods and practitioner application of that research. She has developed a number of seminars and written 5 books including eLearning and the Science of Instruction and Efficiency in Learning that translate and illustrate important research programs for organizational training professionals.
Located in Washington, D.C., Gallaudet University is a world leader in liberal education and career development for Deaf and Hard of Hearing undergraduate students. The University’s Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center serves Deaf and Hard of Hearing children at its two demonstration schools and throughout the nation by developing, implementing, and disseminating innovative educational strategies.
Most recently, Vcom3D and the Clerc Center collaborated on an NSF-funded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project entitled "Life-like, Expressive Avatars for the Instruction of Young Deaf Learners." For this project, the partners documented how teachers use facial expressions, variations of signing style, "body language", and other methods to engage the students and promote understanding of the reading material in order to create a system for creating animated stories and related instructional material in American Sign Language.
Currently, Vcom3D and the Clerc Center are collaborating on a U.S. Department of Education-funded SBIR Phase II project entitled "Mobile Language Reference Tools for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing K-12 Students". We are developing and evaluating an exemplar American Sign Language and Signed English dictionary for handheld computer and media player devices (like Apple's iPod and Touch). The dictionary will include signed animations of English terms that can be difficult for Deaf learners to master, including idioms, scientific terms, and multi-sense words. The Mobile Language Reference will provide mobility and independence that leads to opportunity-based learning - in classrooms, on field trips, or while reading a book anytime, anywhere.
Since 2000, Vcom3D has collaborated with TERC, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based educational research organization, to develop innovative technology-based educational materials for K-12 students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. In our first collaboration, TERC and Vcom3D added SigningAvatar character animations to interactive science units for upper elementary and middle school students.
