What can you do with VR?

Many people associate virtual reality with gaming. However, there's so much more to explore in the virtual world than just playing games! Virtual reality allows you to travel to various places, live in different times, and see extraordinary things up-close, all from the comfort of the classroom.

Educational vr-toepassingen

Virtual reality learning, such as educational vr-toepassingen, appears to have a promising future within schools and universities. Learning via the latest virtual reality technology ensures that children and students are no longer stuck in boring, 'old-fashioned' books, but are instead stimulated to learn in a new way.

In this blog, we are pleased to offer you some handy tips and suggestions for using virtual reality in your school. If you have any questions or want to know more, feel free to contact us!

1. How do you travel to different places in virtual reality?

Virtual reality makes it possible to travel around the world without any limitations. Take a virtual tour through the Taj Mahal, see the Mona Lisa up-close, or fly over the Niagara Falls. In fact, virtual reality even allows you to travel beyond the world. Explore space as if you were there yourself, all from the classroom with a VR-bril on.

Recommended VR apps: Google Earth VR, Wander.

2. How can you develop empathy using virtual reality?

It's particularly interesting for children to see through someone else’s eyes. What is it like growing up as a young person on the plains of Africa, with no luxury or comfort? Chris Milk, director of VR-films, gave an insightful TEDxTalk on this topic. Watch it herevideo.

Recommended VR apps: Moovd, Youtube VR, Traveling While Black (video).

3. Can you try different professions with virtual reality?

With virtual reality, you can observe various professions. This can help children or students make informed decisions about their future career paths. Inthis video you can, for instance, observe surgeons during an operation.

Recommended VR apps: Youtube VR, Surgeon Simulator VR, Osso VR.

 

4. How can you explore the ocean or outer space with virtual reality?

Children have a natural curiosity to discover new things. The boundless universe and the mysterious depths of the ocean are particularly fascinating. With a virtual reality-bril, you can explore the depths of the ocean or outer space without a rocket or submarine.

Recommended VR apps: Youtube VR, theBlu, International Space Station Tour VR.

5. How do you travel to another time or continent in virtual reality?

Significant moments in world history can be experienced through virtual reality. Think of Martin Luther King’s "I Have A Dream" speech or Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon. Experiencing these events in virtual reality makes the information - and the experience - much more memorable than reading about them in a book.

Recommended VR apps: Youtube VR, Anne Frank House VR.

6. How do you combine virtual reality with anatomy?

Anatomy takes on a whole new dimension with virtual reality. Instead of learning from a book, you can literally dive into the human body and see it up-close. Some applications offer realistic images of the body to the cellular level, while others provide an enjoyable educational experience by gamifying the exploration of the human body.

Recommended VR apps: 3D Irganon VR Anatomy, Anatomyou VR.

7. How do you motivate students to work with virtual reality?

If students start developing VR-software at a young age, it can positively affect their future career choices. As they say, "a skill learned young is a skill retained for life". Encourage students to get started with virtual reality and experiment.

Recommended VR apps: Unity VR, Android SDK, Cardboard Unity SDK.

8. How do large companies use virtual reality?

Virtual reality is not only used for playing video games. Explore with students how virtual reality is currently utilised and in what surprising ways it might be applied in the future. Perhaps one of the students will come up with a groundbreaking idea for virtual reality that no one has thought of yet.

9. Can virtual reality be applied in daily life?

Virtual reality can be applied in countless ways—research, training, entertainment, marketing, and more. Together with students, explore how virtual reality can be utilised to make everyday life easier.

10. How do you motivate students to take action?

Perhaps the most important reason on this list: introduce students to virtual reality. By exposing them to the technology from a young age, they will benefit greatly in the future. A spectacular VR-ervaring might have a significant impact on a student's career choice or inspire a deeper interest in technology and electronics.

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