This application of VR for education is a glowing endorsement from Stanford University
Quick read
➨ Stanford University has taught several hundred students entirely in VR using Oculus Quest 2 headsets and the Engage events and communications platform
➨ The course was fully remote and accessed via Oculus Quest 2 headsets, the first time this has ever been achieved, according to Stanford University
➨ Initially brought in after the onset of the pandemic, the university intends to continue teaching the course in VR
The story
Stanford University has taught several hundred students entirely in virtual reality (VR) using Oculus Quest 2 headsets and the Engage events and communications platform.
As part of a large-scale, longitudinal VR study, Stanford University networked 263 students and instructors for months as avatars for more than 240,000 shared minutes via Engage, where they studied learning, team building, non-verbal and verbal behaviour, and how persistent worlds are built on the summer and autumn Virtual People course.
The courses were fully remote and accessed via Oculus Quest 2 headsets, the first time this has ever been achieved, according to Stanford University.