Students of the future might attend their classes in virtual reality

Virtual reality has the potential to revolutionize a number of fields and industries, not the least of which is education, and part of Matt Cook’s job is exploring how this revolution can be brought about. In a recent interview with Inverse, Cook went into detail about how he and his colleagues at the University of Oklahoma are using virtual reality as an educational tool, and how he envisions the technology being used in the future. According to him, what makes virtual reality such an amazing tool for education is that it allows people to communicate and interact no matter where they are, which means a teacher can hold a class in virtual reality that’s being attended by students from all across the country.