Immersive VR Education’s new program, Lecture VR, is a great step toward virtual reality classrooms. Teachers can lead students through immersive environments while lecturing, and students can be anywhere in the world.

[An update to this post is here – 4/5/16] Its been about five months since New York Times subscribers were blessed with the gift of a free Google Cardboard viewer with their Sunday edition. Since then, they’ve had a decent amount of content, some good, some not-so-good, but all worth a look at least once. […]

I wouldn’t call myself an art aficionado or someone who really loves art. However, Burrell Durrant Hifle‘s VR app titled “Bosch VR” just might change my mind. His visually stunning app takes you on a trip through a medieval-times artistic fantasyland accompanied by a haunting score by composer Timo Baker.

As a lover of the outdoors and advocate for virtual reality, I run through this dilemma quite often: Why go outside when you can virtually experience places in the comfort of your own home? This came up once again when I recently viewed VRSE’s Waves of Grace experience.

Elizabeth Reede and Larissa Bailiff of Techcrunch.com have an interesting view on what needs to happen with virtual reality and education. They point out many different uses and the fact that quality VR is becoming more affordable for schools. Check out their article.