Metaverse Madness
Welcome to the world of AR/VR. First, an acronym breakdown. AR stands for augmented reality and VR stands for virtual reality. See the infographic below for a breakdown of the differences between the two. (Photo courtesy of: https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/augmented-reality-versus-virtual-reality/3844772.html) In recent years, VR and AR technology has become very popular and has been making its way into education. From the standpoint of an elementary school librarian, I set off to determine whether or not this type of experience was something that would benefit my 4K-5 students. The tool that stood out the most to me from those provided this week was Metaverse. Based on the website it seemed to be user-friendly and popular with other educators. Click the logo below to visit their site. Metaverse allows users to use backgrounds, characters, and text to create an AR experience. The simplicity of the program and website allows users to be limited by only their crea...