Author: Maho Hayashi Edited by: Elliot Hu-Au Using VR to Go Behind the Scenes In recent years, the development of VR has matured and become more mainstream. As more people become aware of and have access to VR, they will begin to realize that VR has great potential in various industries, especially in education. There […]

Written by: Ben E. Atzmon, Elyse Blake, & Lea W. Silvert Edited by: Elliot Hu-Au Introduction Recent decades have evidenced tremendous literature in the extraordinary benefits of meditation. Mindfulness meditation is often defined as practicing a nonjudgmental stance towards present moment experiences [1]. Meditation can be thought of as a kind of mental training that […]

As a student who majored in languages and currently living in a foreign country, how to use technology to promote language learning is one of my focus areas.  Expressing ideas clearly and presenting them properly in different public situations is essential to many domains of life. Public speaking is one of the most significant abilities […]

Thanks to Steve Bambury over at Virtualiteach.com, we have a great visual resource for identifying some great educational VR apps on Steam, VivePort, and the Oculus Store. Please check out this excellent collection of VR apps.

Recently, I had the opportunity to try out a new collection of STEM-centered virtual reality learning experiences, Xennial Digital‘s XDVR Learning Portal. The Learning Portal contains roughly 10 different VR experiences touching upon topics across physics, chemistry, and biology. All of the learning experiences have some form of built-in tutorial that new users can follow but […]