VIRTUAL REALITY

(Basing on Educational Perspective)

Presenting By:-
Name : L.Divya(ECE II/IV),L.shivkanth,A.Aarti (IT II/IV) ,
Email ID : divyalanka.cool@gmail.com,shivkanth.lanka@gmail.com

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ABSTRACT

Virtual Reality is an alternate world realistic immersive stimulant. This paper

filled with computer-generated images
that respond to human movements.
Virtual Reality is a wonderful tool for
teaching and for learning. It can work for
educators as a tool in assisting students
to become immersed in a learning
environment where they can participate
in their own learning in a technology
based environment. This paper deals
with the use of virtual reality to enhance
educational learning. It also discusses
the potential growth of the visual and
auditory cortex using virtual reality as a
intends to show that the examination of
the visual cortex should be considered.
The problem is to discover and establish
a measurable correlation between visual
stimulus and visual cortex modification.
The finding would then support Visual
Perception Reaction Training (VPRT).
The paper is based on the immersion in
virtual reality to increase a person's
physical or educational level of response
to visual stimuli.
1. INTRODUCTION
Virtual Reality is the first technology to experience visually in full real-time
provide the user with a fully immersive motion with sound and possibly with
interactive experience. The Sensorama other forms of feedback.
was mechanical but it had the ability to
replicate sight, sound, touch, and even
smell. Virtual reality (VR), the world’s
most advanced learning technology, is
an innovative new way to teach and
engage the students. It allows students
to step through the computer screen into
3-D, interactive worlds. By putting on a
special headset and glove, students enter
a world of educational adventure. It can
work for educators as a tool in assisting
students to become immersed in a The simplest form of virtual reality is a
learning environment where they can 3-D image that can be explored
participate in their own learning in a interactively at a personal computer,
technology based environment. usually by manipulating keys or the
mouse so that the content of the image
2. WHAT IS VIRTUAL REALITY?
moves in some direction or zooms in or
Virtual Reality is electronic simulations out.
of environments experienced via head
3.1 HOW VIRTUAL REALITY IS
mounted eye goggles and wired clothing
USEFUL TO EDUCATION?
enabling the end user to interact in
For educational purposes, Virtual
realistic three-dimensional situations. A
Reality (VR) has been proposed as a
simple and less technical definition of
technological breakthrough that holds
virtual reality - a simulation of a real or
the power to facilitate learning. Initially,
imagined environment that can be
our paper explores the ways in which
experienced visually in the 3 dimensions
VR may be used as a means of
of width, height, and depth and may
enhancing, motivating and stimulating
additionally provide an interactive
students’ understanding of certain
events, especially those for which the
traditional notion of instructional Medicine: VR has been successfully
learning have proven inappropriate or applied to areas such as surgical
difficult. procedures, medical therapy, preventive
3.2 BENEFITS OF USING VR IN medicine, patient education, medical
SOME BRANCHES OF education and training, skill
EDUCATION enhancement and rehabilitation,
There are many reasons as to why virtual visualization of massive medical
reality is important to deal in aspects of databases and architectural design for
education. A few of the fields of health care facilities. Psychiatrists are
education which we consider in our daily using virtual reality to treat phobias by
life are listed below. exposing patients to their fears in risk-
Engineering: Popularity of VR is free situations.
gaining importance as an effective
alternative to sophisticated laboratory
setups. Educational institutions are now
focused on gathering engineering data
from raw material to manufacturing and
inspection and project them into virtual
space. It is an innovation where every
student has an equal share of learning
experience at his own pace. Many
companies are investing and
collaborating with institutions to give
their future engineers the firsthand Genetics: Virtual reality and simulation
experience filled with real time systems are increasingly important for
challenges. understanding and engineering genetic
structures. In addition, virtual genetics
may be used to influence interpersonal
communication, to influence human
cognition, and to influence personality
and adjustment.
4.1 VIRTUAL REALITY AND
STUDENTS
VR gives a better educational alternative
to solve the age-old problem --- “How to
better involve students in education?”
Students better involve in education
when they experience the scenarios
themselves rather than bookish
references. “Discovery and Experience
are the best teachers”. VR offers
students unique experiences that are
consistent with successful instructional
strategies: hands-on learning, group
projects and discussions, field trips,
simulations, and concept visualization.
Within the limits of system functionality,
we can create anything imaginable and
then become part of it. The VR learning
environment is experiential and intuitive;
it is a shared information context that
offers unique interactivity and can be
configured for individual learning and
performance styles.
4.2 EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
ASPECT IN VR
Learning is more effective when it is an
active discovery process, rather than
passive. Students learn more when they
control learning. Learning is most
effective when thought and action are
integrated. The more realistic the
learning, the more effective it will be as
an educational device. We actively
inhabit a spatial multi-sensory
environment. We are both physically and
perceptually involved in the experience,
and we feel a sense of presence within a
virtual world.

We are immersed in a very high
bandwidth stream of sensory input,
organized by our perceiving systems,
and out of this empathy of sensation
emerges our sense of being in and of the
world. We experience the environment
as if it were real, while still fully aware
that it is computer-generated. VR is
experiential computing environment
allows the purposeful movement that
coordinates the cognitive, the
psychomotor, and the affective domains.
VR provides a context for both cognitive
and affective learning by engaging us in
have made this superior technology
possible.
1. Improved CPU Performance
The accuracy and speed of the present
generation CPUs has improved
drastically compared to the previous
generations.
2. 3-D Graphic Accelerator
A type of video adapter that contains its
own processor to boost performance
levels. These processors are specialized
for computing graphical transformations,
so they achieve better results than the
general-purpose CPU used by the
computer. Graphics accelerator handles
graphics computations. The popularity
of graphical applications, and especially
multimedia applications, has made
graphics accelerators not only a common
enhancement, but a necessity.
3. HMD Price / Performance
Head Mounted Device or Helmet

a process that is rational and emotional, Mounted Device is a device which

practical and whimsical, organized and consists of a screen which can be worn

spontaneous. on the head like a helmet.

5. WHY “VR” IS POSSIBLE

TODAY?
We have been talking about virtual
reality in education so far but, what
makes this possible...? The major
improvements in the following fields
 invisible in the real world.

The improved performance and

availability at reasonable prices has been
the main cause for its usage in Virtual
Reality.
6. IMPACTS
"Virtual Reality" has been applied more
Interaction: The second contributing
widely to include graphics applications
factor to students learning in VEs is the
that allow users to walk through a
interaction that VEs foster. Interaction is
simulated environment and, possibly, to
a more important facilitator of learning
interact with objects in it. Visiting
than immersion for some kinds of tasks.
Virtual environments (VE) help students
A student must interact with an
learn content under some circumstances.
environment to point out the naturalness
There are three contributing factors:
of interactions with objects in a VE.
immersion, interaction, and engaging.
Engaging: The third factor that
Immersion: Immersion in a VE makes it
contributes to VR is that students find
possible for students to experience what
VEs entirely engaging. Another reason is
they are learning about in an entirely
the uniqueness of the experience and the
new way. VEs can simulate objects and
empowerment it brings to young
actions that occur in the real world. But
students who can control the computer to
in particular, VEs can represent in
do their bidding in complex and
directly visible forms, concepts and
sophisticated ways.
procedures that are intangible and
LIMITATIONS
Despite enormous potential practical
application, VR, in its current state, has
drawbacks. It is still extremely
expensive, the graphics are still
cartoonish, and there is still a slight, but
perceptible time lag between the user's
body movements and their translation in
Cyberspace. The equipment the user
must wear, such as headgear, gloves, and
other devices, needs refinement. At this
early stage in the development of VR, no
one knows what the long-term effect of
using head-mounted displays might be
on human eyes or what the possible
psychological effect might be from
spending too much time in Cyberspace.
People using VR head gear sometimes
complain about chronic fatigue, a lack of
initiative, drowsiness, irritability, or
nausea after interacting with a virtual
environment for a long time. We do not
know how much each of these symptoms
depends on the characteristics of the VR
systems themselves, or on the
characteristics of the individuals using
the systems.
ADVANTAGES
Students tend to experience a VR
incident as very realistic. The stress and
tension during an exercise are quite
serious, because the dilemmas and
occurring problems closely resemble real
life. Students receive instant feedback
since the consequences of their decisions
are visualized immediately in the VR
world. VR enables the students to train
in recognizing visual signs and dangers.
Educators have found that a hybrid
model that blends face-to-face learning
with digital VR learning is an excellent
tool for students with learning problems
or disabilities. It is a powerful tool for
education and that it offers tools for
increased student participation. Studies
indicated that classroom activities may
use VR tools for hands-on learning,
group projects and discussions, field
trips, and concept visualization.
CONCLUSION
Virtual reality is hitting the world as the
next dominant improvement in
technology. Like the Internet, virtual
reality began with specific uses in mind,
but is now becoming more and more
versatile. At first seen as a new method
of entertainment, virtual reality is now
being used in more and more
applications. Eventually virtual worlds
will permeate into every aspect of
education. They (virtual worlds and
education) will be one - inseparable,
impossible to distinguish or
differerientate. People will be able to
attend a school solely in virtual worlds.
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