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Using HMD-Based Immersive Virtual Environments in Primary/K-12 Education

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Head-mounted displays (HMD) are becoming more affordable and immersive content more available. Consequently, the home-use of fully immersive virtual environments (IVE) has the potential for increasing significantly in the years to come. Studies suggest that primary/K-12 education can largely benefit from IVE. The existing literature reviews about this topic are almost a decade old, when access to virtual reality was restricted or did not specifically focus on this education level and setting. In this context, this article presents a literature review about learning outcomes from using fully HMD-based IVE in primary/K-12 education. It highlights relevant studies, identifies gaps, and provides insights for future research.

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Queiroz, A.C.M., Nascimento, A.M., Tori, R., da Silva Leme, M.I. (2018). Using HMD-Based Immersive Virtual Environments in Primary/K-12 Education. In: Beck, D., et al. Immersive Learning Research Network. iLRN 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 840. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93596-6_11

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