We are no strangers to the development of video games and virtual reality thanks to the media, and what we have taken part in today is still the tip of the iceberg. Starting with a brief explanation on how this VR technology has come to be, Mr. Can distributed us various types of VR goggles, some of which were makeshift goggles out of cardboard boxes and were cheap enough for the general public to easily acquire. There was also a much higher-tech version made by Samsung. We had the opportunity to test both kinds of the goggles, and each of them were a unique experience on their own. They both worked by placing your smartphone in front of its lenses and then just looking through them:
The Samsung gear was much more immersive, with a dynamic field of view that stimulated natural vision as close as possible. The apps we tested included high paced action games and you had this constant feeling of movement all the time. One of the games were about flying in between long structures and collecting coins while trying to avoid hitting anything, another one was a slow paced, calm environmental game, and another one which involved a small scale flight simulation.
The entire class was mesmerized by this experience, after which we discussed on how it can be employed on an educational context. The low-end, cheap version is still very effective in demonstrating the VR's immersion capabilities, thus allowing for a cheap and easily accessible alternative for any student in any school. Traditional classroom environments and activities can be enrichened with the use of this technology, and all of us future teachers should be prepared to use it in our future classes.
I hope you've enjoyed reading my paragraphs on our brief VR experience, and below you can find a few pictures from that day:
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