A Whole New World: Unleash Possibilities in Education with Immersive Technologies

Overview

As a key technology enabler to the education community in Hong Kong and across the world, Microsoft has been at the front in exploring the applicability of different new tools with educators. Among all, immersive technologies such as the metaverse have gained the most attention since the pandemic when remote classrooms became popular. It is important to define the intention of immersive technologies, followed by appropriately integrating them into a modern classroom to enhance teaching efficiency.

Being the owner and developer of a series of tools activating the immersive technology concept, we have witnessed examples and best practices of bringing these trends into classrooms, as well as identifying skills that would help teachers and students embrace them.