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‘An immersive experience’: Professor uses virtual reality to replicate the classroom
King built a virtual 3D version of his classroom, which allows his students to walk around in the classroom and break out into groups.
He said he has tested out a lot of different platforms for hosting 3D classrooms.
The first experience, he said, was through Mozilla Hubs. But King said his class will likely stick to AltspaceVR because of how pleased the students have been with it.
Markie McRae, a sophomore media and journalism major, said the virtual reality class is much more social than a Zoom lecture.
“I feel like I’m engaging in class — a community aspect I would have not gotten from Zoom,” he said.
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