Previously, I discussed how the use of virtual reality in education can increase students’ interest and engagement. Now that this fairly obvious statement has been made, we can move on to a second, more interesting point. Virtual reality allows for constructivist learning VR also provides an opportunity for constructivist learning, i.e. allowing students to construct […]

Recently I had the opportunity to share Google Expeditions with 12 high-schoolers in a summer tech camp. This is not the first time I’ve led a group through using Google Expeditions so I knew that there would probably be some technical glitches.  True to form, there were troubles for students connecting to the personal WiFi […]

Virtual reality’s renaissance is now a little over a year and some months old. The 2016 releases of the Oculus Rift CV1, HTC Vive, and some say the years earlier release of the Google Cardboard, spawned a frenzy of speculation about the future. Education is a realm that is no stranger to the lures of […]

zSpace is a company that has quietly been spreading its influence in virtual learning and education. Recently I got to try it out again and I remember trying out their product about a year ago at a conference, being somewhat impressed but mostly distracted by the shiny new head-mounted-displays (HMDs) like HTC Vive and Oculus […]

Unimersiv is one of the first VR-dedicated learning platforms that was released on Samsung’s Gear VR and the Oculus Rift. For some reason, I kept putting off my review of it for some time but now that its on Cardboard and Daydream I figured I’d better get on it. Overall, its a strong app with […]