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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.
• Watching demonstration videos that offer more viewing angles.
• Taking students on virtual field trips to athletic events and sites.
• Taking a guided tour of the human body and its inner systems.
• Providing meditation and stress management type applications.
• Social and emotional learning applications and teaching empathy.
• Simulating teaching experiences in teacher education programs.

• Helping students get over their fears (ie. fear of heights and other phobias).
• Increasing motivation and performance during exercise.
• Special Education applications.
• Teambuilding apps.
• Practicing presentations to a virtual audience.
• Learning tactical decisions through simulations.
• Using in driver's education (texting example and drunk driving example).
• Taking a tour of the school facilities for students, parents, and teachers.
• Creating recruitment videos for your program (example from a university).

Articles on ViRtual reality uses in Education

• ​Drug and Alcohol Education in Schools using Virtual Reality Technology
• ​Hockey Players Train Using Virtual Reality To Hone Skills
• ​New Yale Lab Will Use Virtual Reality Games to Reduce Risks in Teens
• ​​People Recall Information Better Through Virtual Reality​
• Potential of Using VR Technology in Physical Activity Settings​
• ​​Ripping Learning off the Page​
• Students Use Virtual Reality for CPR Training
• The COVID-19 Pandemic and Overall Wellbeing Mediating Role of Virtual Reality Fitness for Physical-Psychological Health and Physical Activity
• The Exercise Might Be Virtual, But the Sweat Is Real
• The Use of Virtual Reality for Managing Psychological Distress in Adolescents: Systematic Review
• ​​Using Virtual Reality to Prevent Drug and Alcohol Abuse in Teens
• ​​Virtual Reality for QBs: Stanford Football at the Forefront
• Virtual Reality Game Is an Effective Tool for Vaping Prevention Among Teens
• Virtual Reality in Health Class
• VR Avatars Increase Understanding of Health Risk, Study Shows
• With a Virtual Reality Assist, Video Games Get K–12 Students Moving

Examples from Twitter

Virtual/Augmented Reality - Curated tweets by supportREALtchr

RESOURCES

• ​​​5 Ways to Make the Most of Virtual Field Trips
• 10 Simple Ways to Use Google Cardboard in the Class​
• ​Get Into VR Fitness Now With This Starter Guide​​

• How to Make VR Gaming More Wheelchair-Accessible
• ​How Trainers Can Successfully Use VR With Clients
• Is Virtual Reality Bad for Your Eyes?
• Virtual Reality in Physical Education?

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• 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.
• VR Viewers: Apple Augmented Reality and Google Cardboard.

EXAMPLE VIDEOS

Virtual Reality Videos - Youtube Playlist

What Happens Inside Your Body?

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Athlete's POV - Youtube Playlist

Winter Adventures - Youtube Playlist