Dr. Juliette Levy returned to UCR Library to take students on a second foray into her early-stage virtual reality prototype, “Che’s Village.”

The prototype was built to amplify students' experience of studying Che Guevara's speech, "Social Ideals of the Rebel Army," which he delivered on January 27, 1959.

The second round of VR experimentation took place in Rivera Library, Room 403, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on Thursday, June 1 and Friday, June 2. The experience took approximately 10 to 15 minutes to explore, and developers were available to discuss user feedback immediately afterward.

Levy and her co-creator Tawny Schlieski listened to feedback from the first-round beta testers when they debuted “Che’s Village” on February 17, 2017. They had integrated users’ previous suggestions into this newly redesigned VR module.

This second iteration of the VR platform was developed for Levy’s History 75 (Introduction to Latin American History) course, but all interested UC Riverside students, faculty, and staff were welcome and encouraged to participate.