Re:Walmart deploys Oculus Go headsets to train its employees
by arkitaip on Sunday September 23, 2018 @11:49AM
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We now know that tech isn't an high impact factor when it comes to learning quality. This is based on John Hattie's profound research work covering 1200 meta studies: https://visible-learning.org/hattie-ranking-influences-effec...
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Re:Walmart deploys Oculus Go headsets to train its employees
by mikeash on Sunday September 23, 2018 @12:12PM
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I don’t think you can treat “tech” as a general category. VR headsets are totally different from smartboards which are totally different from graphing calculators. Maybe VR headsets will be useless too, but I don’t think you can extrapolate that.
Re:Walmart deploys Oculus Go headsets to train its employees
by leetbulb on Sunday September 23, 2018 @12:19PM
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I agree. VR is a completely new interface for us with technology and we have yet to even discover the tip of that iceberg.
Re:Walmart deploys Oculus Go headsets to train its employees
by TaylorAlexander on Sunday September 23, 2018 @12:04PM
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That seems like a very broad statement.
I played with VR a few years ago, and found the notion of an immersive virtual environment to be profoundly different from looking at something on a computer screen.
Some technology absolutely helps with learning. Pencils and paper are technology that help us write down our thoughts. School buildings and chalkboards are technology that make it easy for us to meet and collaborate.
Computers too can provide an opportunity for us to play with abstract concepts. Immersive VR could be a way to better understand certain concepts. With the right presentation, I think VR could be a more effective way of learning than other methods.