Use of VR in Student Recruitment Process Around the World

Student recruitment process using VR

A world within this world; Virtual reality (VR) creates an artificial environment through a computer-generated simulation. Virtual reality can be used using electronic devices like special glasses with screens and sensors. Here are some of the universities around the world that use VR for the student recruitment process.

Harvard University

Professor David Malan from Harvard University has successfully grown CS50 into Harvard's most popular and biggest course with approximately 800 enrolled students, by integrating innovative technology into physical classroom pedagogy. The course is also hosted online at VeeR, iTunes U, edX, Coursera, and YouTube. CS50 sessions are recorded with a Nokia OZO, a premium 360 camera with a daunting $60,000 pricing. It blazes the trail for the virtual classrooms and by transitioning from flat media to immersive experiences, offers a brand-new perspective on the future of teaching.

Academy of Art University

Academy of Art University, a privately owned for-profit art school in San Francisco, California, United States, creatively turns their VeeR channel into a portfolio of student projects. Academy of Art University (AAU) is one of the first art schools in the United States that offer virtual reality, production classes. In this coming era of virtual reality, students from AAU prepare themselves by getting hands-on experience, working with different camera rigs, stitching footage together, and exploring storytelling techniques. Stefanie Shao and Yansong took MPT 498 (Virtual Reality and 360 Production) in AAU this semester and created a tourism video about Napa Valley.

University of Miami

The University of Miami is a private, nonsectarian research university in Coral Gables, Florida, United States. The university offers 116 undergraduate, 105 master's, and 63 doctoral degree programs, of which 59 are research/scholarship and four professional areas of study. In 2017, U.S. News and World Report study of colleges and universities, UM is ranked the 44th best national university in the United States. The university use VR for screening of student qualification. The Creative Studio has virtual reality (VR) headsets for check-out for special projects.

Georgia College and State University

Georgia College (Georgia College & State University or GCSU) is a public liberal arts university in Milledgeville, Georgia, United States, with approximately 7,000 students. A member of the University System of Georgia, Georgia College was designated Georgia's "Public Liberal Arts University" in 1996 by the Georgia Board of Regents.

Bates College

Bates College is a private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine. It was founded by abolitionist statesmen and established with funds from industrialist and textile tycoon, Benjamin Bates. Bates is the oldest coeducational college in New England, the third oldest in the State of Maine, and the first to grant a degree to a woman in New England. It provides undergraduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering and offers joint undergraduate programs with Columbia University, Dartmouth College and Washington University in St. Louis.