The Dark Shadow of Virtual Reality

Year 2018, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 1 - 2, 01.01.2018

Claire Su-yeon Park

Abstract

Virtual Reality VR technology are entering nursing education at a rapid speed Foronda et al., 2017 . VR has been reported in the nursing literature to significantly improve students’ performance Jenson & Forsyth, 2012; Park, 2016; Foronda et al., 2017 even though the body of evidence in terms of the number and research quality of peer reviewed research papers is not yet substantial enough to identify VR technology’s effectiveness. However, VR is not actually reality. VR may not actually reflect reality. Young people and even adults may not perceive the different between reality and VR. They may not yet be mature enough to distinguish the difference. However, VR technology are going much further than traditional educational methods by allowing humans to experience a much higher level of immersion through a virtual image. Even the gap between advances in VR technology and its application to education science is widening, causing serious concern.

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