Taking the Initiative

摘要

To the thousands of K-12 and higher-ed institutions already using immersive education applications, it might sound like old news to hear that the technology's time has come. But it has, for thousands upon thousands more schools that have yet to test the waters. If the forces behind the Immersive Education Initiative have their way over the next two to three years, an ever-increasing number of students and teachers the world over will be exploring 3D environments, playing interactive learning games, and enjoying virtual collaboration sessions with peers a state, or even a continent, away. Changes are also in store for those schools already using immersive education; they will experience a major upsurge in terms of content, tools, usability, and image quality. One example of what is to come is the Virtual Egypt Immersive Education environment developed for the Woods College of Advancing Studies at Boston College.