That’s why, as students return for the new academic year, we’re announcing a new partnership program to help college students in the US learn using VR and testing more ways to make it easier for Meta Quest users to find educational resources in the Meta Quest store. We want more and more teachers and students to benefit from these technologies. They also found an uplift in student attendance and engagement. And Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, which has been an early adopter of VR, found that students who learned in VR had an average final test score of 85, versus 78 in person and 81 for traditional online methods. The study also found an increase in students’ confidence, engagement and ability to describe mathematical concepts. In a randomized control study of the VR mathematics program Prisms, students learning in VR had test scores 11% higher than those in the control group. The XR Association (XRA) and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) found that 77% of educators believe immersive technologies ignite curiosity and improve engagement in class. A recent report by PwC found that 40% of VR learners are more confident in applying what they’ve been taught, and 150% more engaged during classes. While it is still early days for these technologies, we’re already seeing promising signs of the impact they can have. Technologies that create a sense of presence and shared space offer new ways for teachers to do what they do best – teach. These technologies create a more immersive, 3D experience where you feel like you are right there with another person or in another place. It spans a range of technologies, including VR headsets that transport you to whole new environments, AR glasses that will one day project computer-generated images onto the world around you, and mixed reality (MR) experiences that blend both physical and virtual environments. The metaverse is the next evolution of the internet. In fact, they’re already being used to do just that.

Metaverse technologies like Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) promise to create new ways for teachers to inspire students. From pocket calculators to laptops, tablets, and the video conferencing tools that helped learning shift online during the pandemic, technology plays a crucial role in how people teach and learn. Digital technologies have transformed so many areas of education in recent decades.

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