Dr Chris Messenger wins competition to develop teaching tool in Virtual Reality

Published: 11 December 2020

Dr. Chris Messenger has won a competition for funding that will enable him to develop a teaching tool in Virtual Reality.

Dr. Chris Messenger has won a competition for funding that will enable him to develop a teaching tool in Virtual Reality.

The competition, hosted by Edify, was open to teachers and academics and aims to collate ideas that will help students learn by doing through the power of immersive technology.

Dr. Messenger teaches, amongst other topics, the theory of General Relativity and is hoping that VR will help give his students new insight into Einstein’s world-changing ideas.  

Edify is a platform that uses virtual reality and video conferencing to enable accessible, immersive and engaging educational experiences.

Educators can demonstrate concepts in virtual laboratories, spaces or worlds while students interact and observe. Over time, the library of experiences will grow to cover all disciplines, and allow for even richer, more collaborative digital learning experience.

Read more about the other winners here.

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First published: 11 December 2020

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