In this workshop, you will be guided through an immersive virtual reality experience where you will have an opportunity to play with the different components of a virtual reality, modifying your avatar, visiting locations created by SUNY Empire State College students, and even dabbling in some of your own creations. Experience the immersive effects in environments that you can now freely download, create, and/or repurpose to your own needs through these open source immersive 3-D environments. Discover for yourself some of virtual-reality’s vast potential from prototyping to simulations to immersive learning. Links to Creative Commons documentation will be provided so you can start developing your own VR, open source environments. Review with the workshop presenter and the other participants, the potential applications to your environment. Also, attend the "What Can an Avatar Do? Any Virtual Thing You Design" presentation to learn more about the features, applications, and educational constructs available with these environments.