Fordham University business students have a new tool to prepare them for boardrooms: Virtual reality
In one simulation, students learn how to network among groups of strangers gathered in a room. In others, they lead negotiations at a high-stakes business meeting in a conference room or give presentations in front of colleagues. While a handful of students are immersed in a simulation, their virtual selves are broadcast on a projector for the rest of the class to watch, and critique, in real time.
The students in the VR experience are given new names, genders and voices so that their true identity remains anonymous, which enhances the realism, according to Lyron Bentovim, the professor leading the class alongside professor Christine Janssen.
Beyond their in-class VR, the Glimpse Group this week unveiled a new way for Fordham students to experience class from outside the classroom. They call it Project Chimera, an immersive educational broadcast that mixes virtual reality with 180-degree video and real life. With a VR headset strapped on, remote students can sit in on the class in real time as if they are physically present, and even interact with one another, the teacher and local students via a custom avatar.
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