{"id":2279,"date":"2018-02-28T12:44:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T18:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.victoryvr.biz\/?p=2279"},"modified":"2022-07-06T09:20:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T14:20:13","slug":"virtual-reality-company-giving-free-spaceship-rides-to-mars-at-sxswedu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victoryxr.com\/virtual-reality-company-giving-free-spaceship-rides-to-mars-at-sxswedu\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Reality Company Giving Free Spaceship Rides to Mars at SXSWedu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Austin, TX<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 \u00a0VictoryV<\/a>R, the classroom curriculum company, will be providing virtual rides to Mars, a black hole and other destinations through it\u2019s NGSS-aligned experiences at SXSWedu March 5th and 6th.<\/p>\n

\u201cVirtual reality is on the verge of changing the way students around the world learn, and it will happen in a big way\u201d said Steve Grubbs, CEO of VictoryVR. \u201cWe have one-of-a-kind learning experiences, whether it is a virtual field trip to the Great Wall of China or driving a rover on Mars, what we have done is transforming education as we know it.\u201d<\/p>\n

VictoryVR has partnered with Microsoft, Oculus, HTC, Acer and Dell to bring virtual reality to classrooms in the United States as well as classrooms around the world.<\/p>\n

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For those who can\u2019t make it to Austin, a free demo of their VR learning unit \u201cAdventures in Space: Black Holes and Beyond\u201d is available for the\u00a0Oculus Rift<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Windows Mixed Reality headsets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SXSWedu attendees can visit VictoryVR at booth 820 on Monday from Noon to 6pm. On Tuesday, the SXSWedu Learning Expo is open to the general public from 8am to 3pm.<\/p>\n

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The 48 units of VictoryVR\u2019s science curricula suite include:<\/p>\n