What Can Kids Make Using Virtual Reality?

Christine Mytko is a seventh grade science teacher and K-8 STEAM coordinator at Black Pine Circle School in Berkeley, CA. In addition to teaching engineering and design in her regular science classes, Christine runs a very active extracurricular maker club which works with everything from classic craft materials to AR /VR.

Sam Schickler is a sophomore at Lick Wilmerding High School, and volunteers his time and expertise working with Black Pine Circle's (BPC) Maker Club. Since representing BPC at the 2014 White House Maker Faire, Sam has continued his work in 3D data visualization, designing 3D data experiences using VR - both Cardboard and Vive. This summer he will continue this VR work at Lawrence Berkeley Lab.

Enzo Nelligan is an eighth grader at Black Pine Circle School. He is an active member in BPC's Maker Club and has done work with creating 3D models using Kodon and Gravity Sketch for the HTC Vive. He is excited to use 3D printing to bring something he made digitally into real life. When Enzo isn't using the Vive, he likes to bike and watch instructional YouTube videos.

Erik Stenstrom is an seventh grader at Black Pine Circle School. He is an active member in BPC's Maker Club and has done work with creating virtual worlds for the iPad and Cardboard using CoSpaces. Erik also enjoys Javascript, skateboarding, and martial arts.