HKBUniverse
The latest version of HKBUniverse app is now available on the Windows, MacOS and iOS platforms for your exploration of the Hong Kong Baptist University campuses.
About HKBUniverse
HKBUniverse is an immersive AI-enabled virtual environment that facilitates cross-discipline and cross-boundary teaching and learning via collaboration and interaction among students, faculty, and external partners from different disciplines.
The ongoing project is developed from the ground up to reflect the University's virtue and values, with the HKBU faculty's expertise and the participation of industry professionals. It provides a space where students and staff can meet, communicate, and collaborates.
WELLNESS DETECTIVE
Maintaining good health and well-being is vital for everyone. You can find out more about your behaviors, emotions, and mental wellness and receive instant recommendations by using the detective tools through our Wellness Detective, developed in collaboration with the Office of Student Affairs.
CAMPUS OF CREATIVITY (Meta-JCCC)
HKBUniverse provides a glimpse of our new Jockey Club Campus of Creativity (JCCC).
Upon completion in 2024, JCCC will boast four blocks of residential colleges that form the Village CARE, as well as the Club Creative Hub featuring state-of-the-art facilities for music, film, television, and video games.
Additionally, JCCC will include the Jockey Club White Box Experimental Space, an immersive space for scientific and artistic research, which is the first of its kind in Asia.
In HKBUniverse, you can experience an interactive fly-through of the campus and a gamified walk-through inside the JCCC building, showcasing recent works of professors and students.
AI-enabled Virtual Avatar
Using your HKBU account, you can log in, create your avatar, and interact with classmates and faculty.
FAQs
How to login HKBUniverse?
If your hardware does not support the HKBUniverse app,
try to access the virtual environment on PCs in the ITO User Computing Centre in OEE-702 or the Library Collaborative Computer Laboratory on level 4 MLC.
How to navigate in HKBUniverse?
How to chat with others in HKBUniverse?
How to teleport between virtual spaces in HKBUniverse?
Demonstration Video
HKBUniverse is designed as an evolving space that relies on the collaborative effort of HKBU students and staff to expand its features and functionalities.
We are currently developing virtual classrooms and virtual tour guides. New functionalities related to service learning and whole-person education will be included.
Let's start the project together!
For enquiry, please contact us at hkbumetaverse@hkbu.edu.hk.