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Digital technologies have transformed so many areas of education in recent decades. From pocket calculators to laptops, tablets, and the video conferencing tools that helped learning shift online during the pandemic, technology plays a crucial role in how people teach and learn. Metaverse technologies like Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) promise to create new ways for teachers to inspire students. In fact, they’re already being used to do just that.
The metaverse is the next evolution of the internet. It spans a range of technologies, including VR headsets that transport you to whole new environments, AR glasses that will one day project computer-generated images onto the world around you, and mixed reality (MR) experiences that blend both physical and virtual environments. These technologies create a more immersive, 3D experience where you feel like you are right there with another person or in another place.
Technologies that create a sense of presence and shared space offer new ways for teachers to do what they do best – teach. While it is still early days for these technologies, we’re already seeing promising signs of the impact they can have. A recent report by PwC found that 40% of VR learners are more confident in applying what they’ve been taught, and 150% more engaged during classes. The XR Association (XRA) and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) found that 77% of educators believe immersive technologies ignite curiosity and improve engagement in class. 
In a randomized control study of the VR mathematics program Prisms, students learning in VR had test scores 11% higher than those in the control group. The study also found an increase in students’ confidence, engagement and ability to describe mathematical concepts. And Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, which has been an early adopter of VR, found that students who learned in VR had an average final test score of 85, versus 78 in person and 81 for traditional online methods. They also found an uplift in student attendance and engagement.
We want more and more teachers and students to benefit from these technologies. That’s why, as students return for the new academic year, we’re announcing a new partnership program to help college students in the US learn using VR and testing more ways to make it easier for Meta Quest users to find educational resources in the Meta Quest store.  
We are collaborating with 15 universities across the US who are actively embracing immersive learning. The universities are each conducting classroom sessions and exercises in virtual reality to examine how immersive technologies can contribute to the future of education. They include:
There are a range of education-related apps available for Meta Quest across an extensive range of topics including science, engineering, technology, and math (STEM), history, language and more. To help parents, teachers and students more easily find age-appropriate education content in the Meta Quest store as they return to school, we are looking at new ways to help spotlight the apps available and are testing dedicated shelves in the store over this period.  
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We’re also seeing encouraging signs of educators embracing metaverse technologies in Europe. In Italy, as part of national education investments, schools can integrate immersive experiences into their lessons with digital and virtual technologies. Also in Italy, University of Camerino will host its first course conducted entirely in the metaverse in the coming term, with both students and the tutor joining the classes via VR headsets.
Europe is also home to a growing sector of companies developing education apps and software for metaverse technologies.
We remain hugely optimistic about the impact metaverse technologies can have – and are already having – on education. But for everyone to benefit from the incredible opportunities these technologies open up, governments and other institutions need to embrace them and utilize them across public education systems. Above all, it is skilled teachers who know best how to inspire their students. Getting this equipment into their hands is the necessary starting point. If we, collectively, get this right, the opportunities to inspire students in new and exciting ways are endless.
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Metaverse ArgentinaMetaverse Armenia
Metaverse
Australia
Metaverse Austria
Metaverse Austrian Empire*
Azerbaijan
Metaverse Baden*
Bahamas, The
Metaverse Bahrain
Metaverse Bangladesh
Metaverse Barbados
Metaverse Bavaria*
Metaverse Belarus
Metaverse Belgium
Metaverse Belize
Metaverse Benin (Dahomey)
Metaverse Bolivia
Metaverse Bosnia and Herzegovina
Metaverse Botswana
Metaverse Brazil
Metaverse Brunei
Metaverse Brunswick and Lüneburg*
Metaverse Bulgaria
Metaverse Burkina Faso
Metaverse Burma
Metaverse Burundi
Metaverse Cabo Verde
Metaverse Cambodia
Metaverse Cameroon
Metaverse Canada
Metaverse Cayman Islands, The
Metaverse Central African Republic
Metaverse Central American Federation*
Metaverse Chad
Metaverse Chile
Metaverse China
China
Metaverse Colombia
Metaverse Comoros
Metaverse Congo Free State, The*
Metaverse Costa Rica
Metaverse Cote d’Ivoire
Metaverse Croatia
Metaverse Cuba
Metaverse Cyprus
Metaverse Czechia
Metaverse Czechoslovakia*
Metaverse Democratic Republic of the Congo
Metaverse Denmark
Metaverse Djibouti
Metaverse Dominica
Metaverse Dominican Republic
Metaverse Duchy of Parma, The*
Metaverse East Germany German Democratic Republic*
Metaverse Ecuador
Metaverse Egypt
Metaverse El Salvador
Metaverse Equatorial Guinea
Metaverse Eritrea
Metaverse Estonia
Metaverse Eswatini
Metaverse Ethiopia
Metaverse Federal Government of Germany *
Metaverse Fiji
Metaverse Finland
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CanadaMetaverse kuwaitMetaverse Antigua and Barbuda
Metaverse ArgentinaMetaverse Armenia
Metaverse
Australia
Metaverse Austria
Metaverse Austrian Empire*
Azerbaijan
Metaverse Baden*
Bahamas, The
Metaverse Bahrain
Metaverse Bangladesh
Metaverse Barbados
Metaverse Bavaria*
Metaverse Belarus
Metaverse Belgium
Metaverse Belize
Metaverse Benin (Dahomey)
Metaverse Bolivia
Metaverse Bosnia and Herzegovina
Metaverse Botswana
Metaverse Brazil
Metaverse Brunei
Metaverse Brunswick and Lüneburg*
Metaverse Bulgaria
Metaverse Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)
Metaverse Burma
Metaverse Burundi
Metaverse Cabo Verde
Metaverse Cambodia
Metaverse Cameroon
Metaverse Canada
Metaverse Cayman Islands, The
Metaverse Central African Republic
Metaverse Central American Federation*
Metaverse Chad
Metaverse Chile
Metaverse China
China
Metaverse Colombia
Metaverse Comoros
Metaverse Congo Free State, The*
Metaverse Costa Rica
Metaverse Cote d’Ivoire
Metaverse Croatia
Metaverse Cuba
Metaverse Cyprus
Metaverse Czechia
Metaverse Czechoslovakia*
Metaverse Democratic Republic of the Congo
Metaverse Denmark
Metaverse Djibouti
Metaverse Dominica
Metaverse Dominican Republic
Metaverse Duchy of Parma, The*
Metaverse East Germany
Metaverse Ecuador
Metaverse Egypt
Metaverse El Salvador
Metaverse Equatorial Guinea
Metaverse Eritrea
Metaverse Estonia
Metaverse Eswatini
Metaverse Ethiopia
Metaverse Federal Government of Germany *
Metaverse Fiji
Metaverse Finland
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Digital technologies have transformed so many areas of education in recent decades. From pocket calculators to laptops, tablets, and the video conferencing tools that helped learning shift online during the pandemic, technology plays a crucial role in how people teach and learn. Metaverse technologies like Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) promise to create new ways for teachers to inspire students. In fact, they’re already being used to do just that.
The metaverse is the next evolution of the internet. It spans a range of technologies, including VR headsets that transport you to whole new environments, AR glasses that will one day project computer-generated images onto the world around you, and mixed reality (MR) experiences that blend both physical and virtual environments. These technologies create a more immersive, 3D experience where you feel like you are right there with another person or in another place.
Technologies that create a sense of presence and shared space offer new ways for teachers to do what they do best – teach. While it is still early days for these technologies, we’re already seeing promising signs of the impact they can have. A recent report by PwC found that 40% of VR learners are more confident in applying what they’ve been taught, and 150% more engaged during classes. The XR Association (XRA) and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) found that 77% of educators believe immersive technologies ignite curiosity and improve engagement in class. 
In a randomized control study of the VR mathematics program Prisms, students learning in VR had test scores 11% higher than those in the control group. The study also found an increase in students’ confidence, engagement and ability to describe mathematical concepts. And Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, which has been an early adopter of VR, found that students who learned in VR had an average final test score of 85, versus 78 in person and 81 for traditional online methods. They also found an uplift in student attendance and engagement.
We want more and more teachers and students to benefit from these technologies. That’s why, as students return for the new academic year, we’re announcing a new partnership program to help college students in the US learn using VR and testing more ways to make it easier for Meta Quest users to find educational resources in the Meta Quest store.  
We are collaborating with 15 universities across the US who are actively embracing immersive learning. The universities are each conducting classroom sessions and exercises in virtual reality to examine how immersive technologies can contribute to the future of education. They include:
There are a range of education-related apps available for Meta Quest across an extensive range of topics including science, engineering, technology, and math (STEM), history, language and more. To help parents, teachers and students more easily find age-appropriate education content in the Meta Quest store as they return to school, we are looking at new ways to help spotlight the apps available and are testing dedicated shelves in the store over this period.  
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We’re also seeing encouraging signs of educators embracing metaverse technologies in Europe. In Italy, as part of national education investments, schools can integrate immersive experiences into their lessons with digital and virtual technologies. Also in Italy, University of Camerino will host its first course conducted entirely in the metaverse in the coming term, with both students and the tutor joining the classes via VR headsets.
Europe is also home to a growing sector of companies developing education apps and software for metaverse technologies.
We remain hugely optimistic about the impact metaverse technologies can have – and are already having – on education. But for everyone to benefit from the incredible opportunities these technologies open up, governments and other institutions need to embrace them and utilize them across public education systems. Above all, it is skilled teachers who know best how to inspire their students. Getting this equipment into their hands is the necessary starting point. If we, collectively, get this right, the opportunities to inspire students in new and exciting ways are endless.
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CanadaMetaverse kuwaitMetaverse Antigua and Barbuda
Metaverse ArgentinaMetaverse Armenia
Metaverse
Australia
Metaverse Austria
Metaverse Austrian Empire*
Azerbaijan
Metaverse Baden*
Bahamas, The
Metaverse Bahrain
Metaverse Bangladesh
Metaverse Barbados
Metaverse Bavaria*
Metaverse Belarus
Metaverse Belgium
Metaverse Belize
Metaverse Benin (Dahomey)
Metaverse Bolivia
Metaverse Bosnia and Herzegovina
Metaverse Botswana
Metaverse Brazil
Metaverse Brunei
Metaverse Brunswick and Lüneburg*
Metaverse Bulgaria
Metaverse Burkina Faso
Metaverse Burma
Metaverse Burundi
Metaverse Cabo Verde
Metaverse Cambodia
Metaverse Cameroon
Metaverse Canada
Metaverse Cayman Islands, The
Metaverse Central African Republic
Metaverse Central American Federation*
Metaverse Chad
Metaverse Chile
Metaverse China
China
Metaverse Colombia
Metaverse Comoros
Metaverse Congo Free State, The*
Metaverse Costa Rica
Metaverse Cote d’Ivoire
Metaverse Croatia
Metaverse Cuba
Metaverse Cyprus
Metaverse Czechia
Metaverse Czechoslovakia*
Metaverse Democratic Republic of the Congo
Metaverse Denmark
Metaverse Djibouti
Metaverse Dominica
Metaverse Dominican Republic
Metaverse Duchy of Parma, The*
Metaverse East Germany German Democratic Republic*
Metaverse Ecuador
Metaverse Egypt
Metaverse El Salvador
Metaverse Equatorial Guinea
Metaverse Eritrea
Metaverse Estonia
Metaverse Eswatini
Metaverse Ethiopia
Metaverse Federal Government of Germany *
Metaverse Fiji
Metaverse Finland
Metaverse indiaMetaverse chinaMetaverse usaMetaverse
CanadaMetaverse kuwaitMetaverse Antigua and Barbuda
Metaverse ArgentinaMetaverse Armenia
Metaverse
Australia
Metaverse Austria
Metaverse Austrian Empire*
Azerbaijan
Metaverse Baden*
Bahamas, The
Metaverse Bahrain
Metaverse Bangladesh
Metaverse Barbados
Metaverse Bavaria*
Metaverse Belarus
Metaverse Belgium
Metaverse Belize
Metaverse Benin (Dahomey)
Metaverse Bolivia
Metaverse Bosnia and Herzegovina
Metaverse Botswana
Metaverse Brazil
Metaverse Brunei
Metaverse Brunswick and Lüneburg*
Metaverse Bulgaria
Metaverse Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)
Metaverse Burma
Metaverse Burundi
Metaverse Cabo Verde
Metaverse Cambodia
Metaverse Cameroon
Metaverse Canada
Metaverse Cayman Islands, The
Metaverse Central African Republic
Metaverse Central American Federation*
Metaverse Chad
Metaverse Chile
Metaverse China
China
Metaverse Colombia
Metaverse Comoros
Metaverse Congo Free State, The*
Metaverse Costa Rica
Metaverse Cote d’Ivoire
Metaverse Croatia
Metaverse Cuba
Metaverse Cyprus
Metaverse Czechia
Metaverse Czechoslovakia*
Metaverse Democratic Republic of the Congo
Metaverse Denmark
Metaverse Djibouti
Metaverse Dominica
Metaverse Dominican Republic
Metaverse Duchy of Parma, The*
Metaverse East Germany
Metaverse Ecuador
Metaverse Egypt
Metaverse El Salvador
Metaverse Equatorial Guinea
Metaverse Eritrea
Metaverse Estonia
Metaverse Eswatini
Metaverse Ethiopia
Metaverse Federal Government of Germany *
Metaverse Fiji
Metaverse Finland