Virtual Reality in

Education

A Slideshow Presentation By Jason

Gerhow
 Virtual Reality Headsets, are new ideas to
The Many education and overall give us a plethora of

Uses of new ideas to use within the classroom! A

device you put on to immerse yourself
Virtual within a virtual place! Oftentimes students
who have access to virtual reality in the
Reality in classroom can find themselves doing
research on many different things, such as
The viewings on earth and recreations of
historical events. Even in studies it's been
Classroom shown for students who were in a fair
amount of immersion actually helped
students in their learning prowess.
Some
Examples of
the Occulus
Quest
 • Some pros are..
Pros • Students can have fun while working in
virtual realities
• Student's can get to see or interact with
things in virtual reality that could help give
them an understanding of historical
events
• Students can use virtual reality to work on
scientific exploits
• Students can also watch videos or interact
with others in an appropriate way
 • Some cons are...
Cons • Sometimes VR headsets aren't overly user
friendly
• Student's can get sick or get headaches
from working too long using VR headsets
• Studies have shown that although
students had grown in their education,
they found the VR headset the most
annoying part of VR
• The VR headset can be uncomfortable to
wear for a long amount of time!
Meta
Website
https://www.meta.com/
 • The previous slide goes over two
Follow Up- things!
• The first being the website, this
website goes over the ideas of Meta
and the Occulus Quest, a VR headset
device!
• The website goes over the many uses
of the Occulus Quest, and stays
consistently updated!
• The youtube link goes over 5 ways that
the Occulus quest can help in
education!
 • Villena-Taranilla, R., Tirado-Olivares, S., Cózar-
Citations~ Gutiérrez, R., & González-Calero, J. A. (2022,
January 17). Effects of virtual reality on learning
outcomes in K-6 education: A meta-analysis.
Educational Research Review. Retrieved October
3, 2022, from
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/
S1747938X22000033