It can be easy to dismiss new technology as just another fad or gimmick. It can be easy to say that it won’t last long or that it won’t sell very well. There were people who thought that about Virtual Reality. However, the numbers tell a different story. Sony very recently published the numbers for […]
Buffalo, Iowa — Nestled on the banks of the Mississippi River, this small Iowa town may seem an unlikely place to launch a groundbreaking initiative to move science curriculum from the pages of textbooks to the world of virtual reality; but like the garage that birthed Hewlett-Packard, great ideas always start in unlikely places. At […]
Davenport, Iowa—Students at Buffalo Elementary School, in Buffalo, Iowa will be the first students to study from an Oculus Rift-based science curriculum immersed in virtual reality. The curriculum, developed by VictoryXR, relies on the NextGEN national science standards to develop a series of virtual learning modules for each section. In addition to virtual field trips, […]
Virtual Reality headsets were predicted to be some of the hottest gifts this past holiday season. The Huffington Post even wrote a handy VR gift guide in December. The holiday shopping sprees are over and the calendar has rolled over to 2017. How did VR play out to end the year? Amazon has named VR […]
Virtual Reality devices are some of the hottest gifts in this season of giving, several major manufacturers are providing age warnings for their products. The Oculus Rift and Samsung’s Gear VR headset have a 13+ age rating. Sony’s PlayStation VR is suggested for children age 12 and up. It should be noted that studies have […]