Transforming Education with Virtual Reality

7Impact of Virtual Reality on Immersive Education

Manju Rani

Faculty of Teacher Education, Shaheed Mangal Pandey Government Girls Post Graduate College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract

Simply put, virtual reality (VR) is real-time experience through advanced technology on a virtual platform. It is an advanced technology that helps to reach various dimensions of curiosity, knowledge, and experiences. Virtual reality is a revolutionary trend in technology for education. Various impressive changes can be seen in various levels of education through VR. It plays a big role in making teaching-learning real, easy, convenient, and effective. Moreover, VR is helpful for learning different languages, experiencing different places, conducting online and tutorial classes, visiting art galleries, museums, and historical places, and for gaming experiences with special effects. It is an experience like real involvement in a real situation but through special technologies. It works on enhancing the learning experiences of a learner by sparking his/her creativity and leading him/her to a better product. However, just as a coin has two sides, in this chapter the author has tried to determine the impact of VR in the field of education based on some VR tools, along with its advantages and disadvantages and its management in the teaching-learning experience. Virtual reality is not very familiar for all to manage, so this chapter discusses easy management of VR in education so that immersive ...