Extended Reality University

Department, Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland

Learn more about simulation and learning labs at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, built to teach students in imitate clinical settings.

Stanford researchers took a virtual reality experience into a variety of educational settings, including high school classrooms.

Bailenson, J.N., Patel, K., Nielsen, A., Bajcsy, R., Jung, S., & Kurillo, G. (2008). The Effect of interactivity on learning physical actions in virtual reality. Media Psychology, 11, 354–376. Abstract Virtual reality (VR) offers new possibilities for learning, specifically for training individuals to perform physical movements such as physical therapy and exercise. The current article examines two aspects of VR that uniquely contribute to media interactivity: the ability to capture and review physical behavior and the ability to see one's avatar rendered in real time from third person points of view. In two studies, we utilized a state-of-the-art, image-based tele-immersive system, capable of tracking and rendering many degrees of freedom of human motion in real time. In Experiment 1, participants learned better in VR than in a video learning condition according to self-report measures, and the cause of the advantage was seeing one's avatar stereoscopically in the third person. In Experiment 2, we added a virtual mirror in the learning environment to further leverage the ability to see oneself from novel angles in real time. Participants learned better in VR than in video according to objective performance measures. Implications for learning via interactive digital media are discussed.

Stanford researchers found that people who underwent a virtual reality experience, called “Becoming Homeless,” were more empathetic toward the homeless.

Researchers at VHIL seek to better understand the psychological and behavioral effects of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality.

The innovative classroom experience lets students directly experience the wide-ranging possibilities of virtual reality as a cutting-edge medium.

For junior and senior high school students, the metaverse school will offer free lectures about digital technologies and entrepreneurship.

Four years into the XR Initiative, University of Miami students and faculty and staff members conceive new ways to solve problems and improve education by using immersive technology to connect in a network of virtual worlds.

UMGC has launched the Multi-Dimensional Applied Relevant System (MARS) virtual learning environment, which is now available for our graduate cyber students.

UMGC has partnered with VictoryXR in a pilot program that will use virtual and augmented reality in classes in the fall term.

As innovations in virtual reality open new avenues in education, UMGC has launched a pilot program to give students a world of new learning opportunities.

Mursion provides immersive simulated practice for essential skills in the workplace powered by humans and assisted by AI

Feel the jolts, bumps and turns as you navigate a racecourse computer game in your own living room. And get the same theme park ride experience without

The University of Central Florida's new virtual- and augmented-reality lab that will open Tuesday is designed to give hands-on experience for students to

All are invited to experience a unique virtual reality demonstration by Ford Motor Company this Thursday, Sept. 20, on the UCF main campus. From 10 a.m.

The technological innovation of virtual reality has changed the landscape of the theme park industry. Theme parks are incorporating VR into their existing attractions and developing VR stand-alone rides.

UCF RESTORES brings renewed sense of hope to those battling trauma

TeachLivE, a cutting-edge classroom simulator at the University of Central Florida, is helping the next generation of educators become better teachers.