Virtual Reality

(VR) Adds New

Dimension to
Learning

 VR

is shaping up to be one of the largest technology

turf wars of 2016. Several global companies have
staked millions of dollars developing their brand of
the technology,
includingGoogle,Samsung,HTC,Sonyand the
Facebook-backedOculus. And in 2016 many of these
iterations of the VR craze are set to go to market.

AtISTE

2015, representatives of Google Cardboard

and Samsung's Gear VR were on hand to
demonstrate how the technology could change how
students learn. VR even stole the show during
journalistSoledad OBriens keynote, in which she
said the technology allows students to test the
waters of different careers educational

 The

immersive power of this technology has

also caught the eye of Jon Phillips, managing
director of strategy for worldwide education at
Dell. Phillips tellsEdTechthat experiential
learning can teach complex problems in a
different way than traditional education
methods of today.