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Spatial Computing Tech Gives Students Real-World Experience in Virtual Environments
- Virtual and extended reality technologies are being used in colleges to provide students with immersive learning experiences.
- This technology is used for research purposes in fields other than computing, such as analysing social interaction.
- Unlike commercial sector, academic institutions are in a position to validate and develop these technologies to use in the classroom.
- Although VR is not used every day, it can transform the way students learn, due to creating an experiential learning environment.
- The NeXReality Lab at Sacred Heart University is a hub for mixed reality technologies and the centre of the university’s immersive media and mixed reality degree programme.
- Southern Methodist University's Center for VR Learning Innovation provides infrastructure to support interdisciplinary research in AR, VR and game-based learning.
- VR is used to provide immersive experiences in math and geometry by using HoloLens headsets to stimulate real-world scenarios.
- Quotas indicate that medical students believe that virtual reality encourages student-centered learning.
- Academic institutions believe that virtual reality offers endless possibilities in collaborative learning that will continue to evolve.
- While not everyday technology, there is potential in these varied academic uses to see VR become an integral part of teaching.
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