COLLEGE STATION, TX Bored with traditional slides, Jaskirat Batra found a more exciting way to view things in class. <\/p>\n
Using a low-cost cardboard viewer and a smartphone, students in the engineering department are able to see 3-D models of things that they would not normally be able to view. The use of virtual reality in the classrooms can be transferred to other subjects as well.<\/p>\n
\"The concepts that we teach actually overlap with physics and I know there are some other applications where this is being used in veterinary medicine or in aerospace.\" shared Batra, doctoral candidate There's a lot of STEM disciplines where this could be used.\"<\/p>\n
Batra has noticed an increase in student engagement since starting to use virtual reality goggles.<\/p>\n
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