46% of colleges employ virtual reality in courses

About half of universities and colleges have deployed virtual reality in some form on campus, but there will be more demands to develop it and with the technology improving and prices falling, institutions will find it easier to move ahead, according to a survey by Internet2, an advanced technology higher education consortium. The survey, which was reported on by EdTech, showed that of the total, 18% of institutions have “fully deployed” VR.One expert introducing the survey results noted that increasingly K-12 schools are using the devices, and that most of the incoming freshman class will have had experience with the technology – so students will expect access to it in college.