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8 Inventive Examples Of Immersive Technology In Education

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From virtual field trips on the planet Mars to roleplaying as histories greatest public figures, here are eight fascinating examples of immersive technology in modern education: Credit: Umiversiv. With the Unimersiv app and Oculus Rift headset, students can meet people from any country in the world and learn languages in VR.

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When to Use Virtual Reality (VR) Instead of Augmented Reality (AR)?

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Virtual Reality (VR), by contrast, can be published across a wide range of devices (headsets like Oculus Go/Quest and Gear VR, phones, Google Cardboard, WebVR, and much more), is completely immersive, and doesn’t necessarily require a real-time data connection (ie can be run offline). So why is immersion important?

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VR poses challenges for software testing

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Oculus, one of the biggest names in VR, refers to this in its Health and Safety manual. These include avoiding certain types of motion, such as climbing stairs in the virtual environment and reducing the field of view. Another big issue to consider is what is known as “VR sickness.”