Augmented, Alternate and Virtual Realities in Education

Virtual Reality In The Classroom Infographic. In this infographic yoy'ill discover 5 Incredible Ways That Virtual Reality Is Improving Education Infographic

Augmented reality is making some huge inroads in the field of education. More and more teachers are incorporating this relatively new technology in their classrooms. Augmented reality is also redefining the notion of learning by adding a layer of interactivity, engagement and vividness to students learning experiences. Teachers have been using augmented reality in many varied ways and across different school subjects, this post from Edutopia provides some good examples in this regard. The success of AR in education is attributed to the increasing availability of mobile apps designed specifically to help learners leverage the power of AR in their learning.  Below are some very good AR apps to try out with your students. This is a work in progress and we will be adding more to the list in the future. Enjoy

The University of Southern California’s School for Cinematic Arts is studying how virtual reality can be used to tell stories in the next generation of movies.

Bill Gates toured the Vaccine Research Center, located on the campus of the National Institutes of Health and saw how researchers are using VR to examine viruses.

Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality technologies are quickly changing the landscape of education with the help of some key companies.

Since the 1950s, virtual reality (VR) has been hovering on the periphery of technology without achieving accepted mainstream application or commercial..