For those who missed it,\u00a0this past Saturday, April 14th, was Accepted Students Day at Bentley.\u00a0 As always, the CIS Sandbox was open and ready to greet the new prospective students.\u00a0 We saw some very enthusiastic students and parents, who had many questions about the CIS Major\/Minor, and the Sandbox itself.\u00a0 Our tutors were eager to share\u00a0their own experiences as CIS students at Bentley.<\/p>\n
We were also excited about our new and improved Beacons project.\u00a0 Beacons are\u00a0Bluetooth Low Energy devices that broadcast their unique identifiers to other nearby devices.\u00a0 For our project, we used this technology, in conjunction with the Phy browser, to send push notifications to people’s phones who were on campus for Accepted Students Day.\u00a0 Depending on a person’s location on campus, he\/she would receive a notification with a link that would navigate to a web page that had information about that specific campus location.\u00a0 Our Sandbox tutors coded the web pages as well.<\/p>\n
Prospective students were also delighted to learn that they could try out our Oculus Rift for a virtual reality experience.\u00a0 Students could put on the headset and be immersed in a three dimensional canvas.\u00a0 The TiltBrush application allows users to create their own artistic creations in virtual reality.<\/p>\n
Lastly, we had our OhBot on display.\u00a0 If you’ve been to the CIS Sandbox this year, you’ve probably encountered the OhBot, as he is programmed to say your name out loud when you swipe into the Sandbox.\u00a0 For Accepted Students Day, we disconnected that feature, and instead, had him doing mathematical calculations.<\/p>\n
Overall, it was a successful Accepted Students Day, and we cannot wait to have new CIS students in the fall!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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