Welcome to the Intercultural Communication Lab (ICC Lab) housed under the Program in Global Languages & Communication.

Also known as the VR Lab, the ICC Lab is equipped with three sets of Meta Oculus Quest 2, casting environment, and VR language applications. The Lab is opened to all UCI members, including faculty, staff, and students. We welcome both individual learners, classroom visits, and research collaboration.

What We Do

VR Pedagogical Development

We work with instructors to design and implement VR components into the curriculum and offer lab support for classroom use.

VR Language Immersive Learning

We offer several language learning applications to facilitate individual and/or curriculum-based language learning.

VR Research Collaboration

A woman using VR headset in front of a desktop

We welcome research projects collaborations from graduate students, faculty, to campus units across disciplines.

News & EVENTS

Virtual Connections are Real ConnectionsMay 11, 2024

Meta Workroom During a recent XR one-day excursion at the University of California, the VR Lab team, myself included, had the opportunity to witness the potential of VR technology not just as a tool for innovation, but as a catalyst for genuine human connections. This event …

VR VoyagesNovember 13, 2023

Original post from the Dean's Office, April 20, 2023 By Megan Cole Starting this spring, UCI language students will be able to wander through the streets of Vietnam, practice Tagalog in the Philippines, explore the Arabic-speaking world and more — all from the comfort of a …