Virtual Reality: Giving a New Edge to Education

‘Virtual Reality’ is a term used to describe 3D-Computer generated ‘artificial environment’ that can be explored and interacted by a person. The VR-headset digs you in a virtual or imaginary environment to have hands-on experience of various things. It makes use of realistic themes, sounds, characters, and other sensations that let the student feel to be physically present in the virtual environment.

Doesn’t it sound too amazing to have real experience of various things rather than just reading about it? Most of the students make excuses when asked to study from a book, but what if that book is replaced by an interesting technology like Virtual Reality? Wouldn’t the children act just the opposite? Children are too much fascinated by this kind of learning. It engages them and develops their interest in learning.

Game-based learning fires the imagination in the child and promotes practical learning. The concepts studied in this way remain for a long-term in the memory of the child.

Prismart makes use of this trendy technology in Education to make studies interesting for the students. It has designed and developed Virtual tours, Rhymes, and other theories. The student simply has to wear VR-headset to explore new things and encounter high-quality visualizations.

It is seen that the human mind responds quickly to things visually seen. A human brain remembers 10% of what it reads, 20% of what it hears, and almost 90% of what it sees.  

VR Technology presents complex information in an easy and understandable way to the students. It makes subjects such as Mathematics, and Science seem interesting to them. It converts school curriculum based textbooks into visual 3D images and makes the students see, hear, and understand the topics in a much better way. It also enables a large group of students to interact with each other in a three-dimensional environment.

Prismart has created applications on Virtual Reality ranging for Pre-School kids to Adults. These VR-enabled applications teach a kid to write a letter and also to experience a breathtaking view of Himalayas, Planetary System and so much more. Thus, learning is made fun and interesting with VR.

Considering its long-term benefits, Virtual Reality gives the student real, hands-on experience of various things and gives the kid the necessary skills without exposing them to the realistic environments.

It also enables them to travel to their favorite places, and explore new places in the world through 3D Tours by a simple touch of Prismart VR App icon. 3D Tours give a 360-degree experience of real-life places such as Taj Mahal, India Gate, Solar System, Victoria Fall, and Carnival of Venice, etc.

Many teachers today prefer VR supplement course for better understanding of the education material by the students. Children learn more when exposed to an environment. It makes them actively participate in classroom teaching.  For differently-abled students, exploring the world through a VR headset would be a remarkable experience.

VR videos have attractive sound effects and graphic arts that can also be a potent tool for a brand or product advertisement.

The price for VR-headset is kept very minimal to make it affordable to everyone. Also, it is very simple to use. With such a vast plethora of benefits of VR, it has become one of the most used and sought-after technology for Education.