Online corner: Teachers use VR to teach math in the game Half Life: Alyx

The global outbreak and unpredictable developments of the COVID-19 epidemic have led many countries to order school closures to ensure the safety of students and teachers, as well as to limit public infection. .

While schools are closed, the need for students to review their lessons cannot be delayed, so online learning becomes the salvation for many countries' education during the epidemic season. However, how to make students interested in this approach is not simple. Recently, a teacher in the US has devised an extremely unique method of online teaching: Using VR technology to teach math in the game Half Life: Alyx.

This 'interesting' teacher, named Charles Coomber, currently works at the Otay Ranch Art Institute, San Diego, and the video records the classroom with the context in the world of Half Life: Alyx that he posts on YouTube is becoming a phenomenon in the US with nearly 600,000 views after only 3 days. Most are interested in this unique way of teaching. In addition, many students also said that they felt that such a way of learning made the lesson easier to understand, and especially made the students excited and wanted to learn.

Besides virtual reality VR technology, Mr. Coomber's choice of games is also a factor in the success of the lecture. Half Life: Alyx is a new virtual reality game launched, which is expected to become a game that creates a turning point for the VR genre. In fact, after only a few hours of official launch, Half-Life: Alyx has received countless positive reviews from experts and the global gaming community, with almost absolute scores in many gaming sites. game prices like IGN, VG247, DualShockers, Gamespot, PC Gamer, or GamesRadar . This is also rated as the best VR game of the year, although only one-third of the way through 2020.

Perhaps not much to discuss the uniqueness of the above teaching method. However, large-scale adoption is almost impossible - at least for now, because it is expensive, and requires teachers to have a certain understanding of VR technology.

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