Educators in VR taps into many news and educational resources to provide our members with the latest in technology and research news in virtual reality and education. We also cooperate with other groups dedicated to VR and education. To keep up with the latest news and research, join us on our Educators in VR Discord channel.
VR Education Groups and Organizations
- Virtual Reality Society
- VR in Education Meetup (New York, NY)
- VR/AR Association (The VRARA)
- Virtual Reality – Latest Virtual Reality News Headset Reviews
Virtual Reality and Education News and Research
- Virtual Reality News from The Economic Times
- Virtual Reality Tech News – Gizmodo
- Virtual Reality (VR) News & AR News – VRScout
- VR News and Headset Reviews – Digital Trends
- Virtual Reality News and Comments – The Independent
- Road to VR – Virtual Reality News
- Virtual Reality News – ScienceDaily
- Virtual Reality News – The Guardian
- News — VR/AR Association – The VRARA
- Virtual Reality News – VR 360
- VR Reviews & News – Wearable
- Virtual Reality – WIRED
Bringing Virtual Reality to Your Educational Facility
Many of us struggle with tight budgets, skeptical faculty and administrators, and wary parents. We’ve highlighted many articles and research items on our Educators in VR Discord server and on this site, and here are some articles and videos that might prove helpful, or at least inspiring, demonstrating the diverse uses of VR in education and training.
- Using Virtual Reality to Enhance Distance Education for Additive Manufacturing
- ‘VR Chat’ Used to Deliver One of the First University Lectures in Virtual Reality
- An investigation of learners’ collaborative knowledge construction performances and behavior patterns in an augmented reality simulation system – ScienceDirect
- Swiss scientists and virtual reality focus on shrinking glaciers – SWI swissinfo.ch
- ‘Nazi VR’: Virtual Reality Helps Prosecute Nazi War Criminals in Germany – The Atlantic
- Virtual reality: you’ve never seen history like this before – About Verizon
- Michigan football, others use virtual reality to gain edge – SI.com
- Daydream Labs: Teaching Skills in VR
- Commissioner Eileen Higgins partners with Equality Lab to host a Virtual Reality (VR) event for seniors – Miami’s Community News
- Parkinson’s Study Links Virtual Reality Games to Better Time Perception
- Raising Awareness Of Human Trafficking Through VR – VRScout
- How virtual reality may provide a new non-invasive therapy for autism – EurekAlert! Science News
Educational Institutions Integrating VR
- Baylor virtual reality project puts viewers in Victorian poets’ living room – Washington County Tribune
- Library receives grant for virtual reality lab – Cranston Herald
- Sevenoaks School: From Descartes to Da Vinci – Virtual Reality hits the classroom!
- WIU Computer Sciences to Develop Virtual Reality Program to Improve Social Competencies for Students with Disabilities – Western Illinois University News – Office of University Relations
- Jackson State University launches Mississippi’s 1st Virtual Reality Academy
- Virtual and augmented reality lab launches in capital school to help kids learn – The Astana Times
- Lethbridge College launches two new tech-based programs – BE READY
- Cranston Library Receives $10,000 Virtual Reality Grant – Cranston, RI Patch
- Online university degree provider 2U acquires Trilogy for $750M to expand into tech bootcamps and training – TechCrunch
- Stepping into the immersive classroom – The Next Web
- Virtual education: How virtual reality tech is used in education at UO – Daily Emerald news
- Believing virtual reality is a promising tool for learning languages, companies, colleges invest – Los Angeles Times
Apps, Tools, and Other Resources
These are apps, tools, and other resources offering VR experiences for various educational levels. Educators in VR does not endorse these but offer them as examples of what’s out there and the potential application of VR in education.
- Baffling History Of Virtual Reality Headsets: From Sensorama To SEGA – MySmartPrice
- AltspaceVR
- Gamar
- Immersive VR Education
- Woofbert VR
- Alchemy VR
- ClassVR – Virtual Reality for the Classroom
- Curiscope
- Discovery VR
- EON Reality
- Google Expeditions
- zSpace
- Nearpod
- Unimersiv Languages
- Schell Games
- ThingLink