Today’s students don’t just want to memorize—they want to understand, experience, and apply what they learn. That’s where VR-based teaching comes in. Virtual reality helps boost knowledge retention, student engagement, and real-world skills by allowing learners to interact with content in powerful new ways.

Whether it's practicing surgery in a simulated operating room or walking through ancient ruins, VR gives college students the chance to learn in ways that traditional classrooms often can't provide. This site brings together research, interviews, discussions of limitations, ethical considerations and examples from Virginia Tech to show how this exciting technology is shaping the future of higher education.