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Virtual Reality in Physical Education

Virtual reality has become accessible through Google Cardboard (~$30), mobile apps, and Youtube 360 degree videos. Here are some ideas on how virtual reality can be implemented into a education program now and in the coming future:

• Assessing your lessons with greater fields of view.
• Creating recruitment videos for your program (example from a university).
• Drug and alcohol education.
• Helping students get over their fears (ie. fear of heights and other phobias).
• Improved learning compared to non-immersive activities.
• ​Increasing motivation and performance during exercise.
• Learning tactical decisions through simulations.
• Practicing presentations to a virtual audience.
• Providing meditation and stress management type applications.
• Simulating teaching experiences in teacher education programs.

• Social and emotional learning applications and teaching empathy.
• Special Education applications.
• Taking a tour of the school facilities for students, parents, and teachers.
• Taking a tour of the human body and its inner systems.
• Taking students on virtual field trips to athletic events and sites.
• Teambuilding apps.
• Teaching 1st aide and CPR.
• Using in driver's education (texting example and drunk driving example).
• Watching demonstration videos that offer more viewing angles.

Additional Articles on ViRtual reality

• ​​Hockey Players Train Using Virtual Reality To Hone Skills
• ​New Yale Lab Will Use Virtual Reality Games to Reduce Risks in Teens
• The Exercise Might Be Virtual, But the Sweat Is Real
• The Use of Virtual Reality for Managing Psychological Distress in Adolescents: Systematic Review
• ​​Virtual Reality for QBs: Stanford Football at the Forefront
• ​Virtual Reality in Health Class
• Virtual Reality in Physical Education?
• VR Avatars Increase Understanding of Health Risk, Study Shows

Examples from Twitter

Virtual/Augmented Reality - Curated tweets by supportREALtchr

RESOURCES

• Articles: ​​​5 Ways to Make the Most of Virtual Field Trips and How to Make VR Gaming More Wheelchair-Accessible
• VR Activity Apps: Anatomyou, ​​Android VR Apps​, ​Beat Saber​, ​The Hidden Worlds of the National Parks, and VR Health Exercise Tracker.
• VR Creation Tools: ​​CoSpaces​ (Sex Education Example), Expeditions Pro, Patches, and Sites in VR.
• VR Information: ​​VR Fitness Insider and ​VR Health Institute.

EXAMPLE VIDEOS

Virtual Reality Videos - Youtube Playlist

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What Happens Inside Your Body?

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Athlete's POV - Youtube Playlist

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Winter Adventures - Youtube Playlist

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