Virtual Reality In The Classroom: Is Virtual Reality Making A Comeback In Education?

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• Virtual Reality In The Classroom Is Virtual
  Reality Making A Comeback In Education?

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Virtual Reality In The Classroom Is Virtual
Reality Making A Comeback In Education?
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Virtual Reality In The Classroom Is Virtual
Reality Making A Comeback In Education?

• Is There A Comeback Of Virtual Reality In The
  Classroom?
• The concept of an alternate existence has been in
  the talking for generations. Call it time travel
  or teleporting, we have, at some level, always
  been fascinated by an experience that allows us
  to be transported anywhere without actually
  going anywhere. It is the foresight of a few
  visionaries that has laid the foundation of
  virtual reality (VR). These few inventors in the
  80s and 90s during the personal computing boom
  believed that this (at that time utopian concept)
  could become a reality. The population was
  curious to see what this technology had to offer
  and virtual reality became a big talking point.
  However, at that time, the immersive experience
  that was expected from the digital landscape was
  missing and virtual reality industry almost went
  away in the 90s. At that time, another and a more
  powerful technological revolution was gaining
  speed The age of the internet was upon us.

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Virtual Reality In The Classroom Is Virtual
Reality Making A Comeback In Education?

• Though virtual reality was not making a lot of
  noise, technological exploration continued
  silently in this field. It was from 2012 that
  technology startups managed to raise more than
  1.46 billion in venture capital in virtual
  reality. Then, two years ago, Palmer Luckey ago
  put together the Oculus Rift, his own version of
  the virtual reality headset where the entire
  experience was far realer and lifelike.
  Gradually, but surely, the market interest in
  virtual reality began to increase. Though it was
  used mainly in gaming, virtual reality made its
  presence felt in different industries, from
  military to aviation to learning. Some
  educationally progressive schools in the US and
  Europe were charmed by the potential of this
  technology and tried implementing virtual reality
  in the classroom. Though the exact statistics of
  virtual reality in the classroom is not easily
  available, anecdotal evidence suggests that there
  was a fair surge of companies that provided
  virtual reality enabled educational curriculum.
  One of the most popular and successful models of
  virtual reality in learning was the World of
  Comenius project. This project was a biology
  lesson for a school in the Czech Republic that
  used a Leap Motion controller and customized
  Oculus Rift DK2 headset to facilitate innovative
  scientific learning.

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Virtual Reality In The Classroom Is Virtual
Reality Making A Comeback In Education?

• While the concept of virtual reality in the
  classroom seemed ideal to provide an immersive
  experience to students to facilitate learning,
  the reality was that this technology had very
  high overhead coststhe gadgets, gear, and
  training required to implement this technology in
  the classroom were very high. To get this
  immersive experience delivered to the students,
  the educational institutions needed
  then-still-expensive smartphones, a tablet for
  the teacher and of course, the VR glasses.
  Another requirement was a high-bandwidth internet
  connection, without which this experience could
  not be affected. All these variables were some of
  the main contributors of why this amazing
  technology did not completely take over the
  worlds classrooms.

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Virtual Reality In The Classroom Is Virtual
Reality Making A Comeback In Education?

• However, things changed when Google launched its
  Pioneer Expeditions in the third quarter last
  year. The Expeditions kit was self-contained and
  had everything that a virtual reality field trip
  needed. It had Asus smartphones, a tablet for the
  guided tour and VR glasses made of cardboard.
  What made Google Expedition a game changer in
  education was the fact that it needed no internet
  connection to operate. The Expeditions team had
  worked with many teachers and content partners to
  over 100 engaging journeys. With Expeditions,
  teachers were able to take their students to
  places where school buses cannot go for a field
  trip whether it was the Pyramids of Gaza or the
  Coral Reefs at the bottom of the ocean to the
  Great Wall of China to the planet Mars! The
  Google Cardboard viewers or Mattel View masters
  turned any

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