Week 12 - Virtual Reality in Language Learning & Teaching
Our lesson started with technical issues 😀 but we got the party going almost immediately. We went on with discussing whether some of us know or tried VR, Mr. Karacan's previous project about VR, and obtained more information about what VR is. Then we watched an informative video (link down below) about virtual reality. The first thing mentioned in the video was that it was not only for gaming. It has many more features and some of them the VR offers to its users are; - Watching movies & TV shows - Learning to play an instrument - Touring around the world - Meditation - Facing fears (heights, darkness, bugs...) - Additive manufacturing - Attending live concerts or sports shows - Education - Shopping - Hanging out with friends from different places... After the video, we discussed the areas in which VR can be used; education, entertainment, traveling, gaming, shopping, military, meditating, training, finance, architecture, real estate, etc. Our next focus was on a website calle...