Virtual Reality as Educational Technology

The current paper emphasizes on explaining how Virtual Reality (VR) technology works and why it is important to be implemented for education purposes. The main goal of VR in education is to make studying process more involving and effective. The essential distinction of VR from other computer technologies for displaying information is that there is a “feedback” corresponding to the user's actions, i.e., the virtual environment is changing appropriately to his/her reactions. In the paper, a comparison between the different implementations of VR is made and the key elements of a VR system are listed. Also, a case study is presented in the last part of the paper. It consists of a description of the process of choosing which VR technology is best used in different education scenarios and shows a specific example of how VR technology is implemented in the teaching process at “Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov” University - Burgas and thus making the education process of students, and especially those from medical and technical science departments, more complete and engaging.