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Virtual Reality (VR)

Salam 'alaik, 

Would you like to experience the fun ride in Disneyland without travelling there in reality? or going on a trip to our desirable places to visit? Plus we want to experience it anytime we prefer. This is possible but we merely able to experience it virtually and this is what we call virtual reality (VR). VR is a technology which serves as an interactive computer-generated experience in a simulated environment. It integrates mainly auditory and visual feedback, but may also allow other types of sensory feedback. This immersive environment can be similar to the real world or it can be fantastical.  

Google VR box
The application of VR can be found mostly from games. However, it also can be applied in education in order to enhance students' learning in classroom.Through VR, we are able to experience anything or places as if we are really there. Smartphone is one of the tools that can be utilised to apply VR. Once it is on the screen, we can move our mobile phone to any angles, so that we can see what we want to see in a bigger span. It becomes more interesting when we are moving our body when using VR. That is why VR is also suitable to be applied in education especially for the kinaesthatic learners apart from providing active classroom learning. VR in education encompasses combination of technologies, emotional reaction, virtual fields trips, internships, the senses and scale learning experiences. Instead of holding the smartphone, we can also place our phone in a box that can attach to our eyes which so-called as VR box. Google has also invented this box and it can be build on ourselves (DIY). Even more, we can have this Google VR box for only RM2 if we buy it in bulk.  Very superb idea from Google isn't it?

I'm glad that I've experienced learning VR from an expert during my master class. What we did  was exploring VR mobile apps. We were asked to downwload 'Expedition' app from the Play Store in our smartphone and this is the symbol of the app (at the right):

This app contains a lot of things/ places to explore and they are free. However, we need to download our selected VR first in order to make a view. Then we'll surely enjoy this technology very much.

Ummi Atiah Mohamad
MEd Physics
UPSI



 ~ May it Benefits You ➽💕
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