96% of universities and 79% of colleges in the UK utilize Augmented or Virtual Reality in some capacity. The leading uses are in the subjects of health and medicine, engineering & technology.

"The greatest strength of VR is that it opens up opportunities for people to practice [tasks that are hard to practice due to limited resources or the inherent risks and dangers associated with said tasks] in a safe capacity while also being immersed enough for it to feel realistic and transferable to the real world" National Library of Medicine 2022. 

Harvard Business Review: What Leaders Need to Know About Spatial Computing

Over 90% of students in an introductory physics course said VR helped them learn, understand three-dimensional vectors, visualize mathematical problems involving vectors, and understand the location and meaning of the angles between vectors and three-dimensional axes. They also said time dedicated to VR sessions was valuable for learning,

ASU Sees Biology Grades and Student Ratings Improve with Virtual Reality 

Meta, The Metaverse and Experiential Education by Marti Snyder, Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University

Is Teaching in the Metaverse That Far Off? Lessons Learned from a Higher Education Case - The Qualitative Report 2023

The Journal of Interactive Learning Environments shows students learning with a VR-based approach were more creative and had higher cognitive engagement than students learning with a pencil-and-paper or hands-on approach.

Educational Psychology Review: Virtual Reality (VR) can cause students to become more interested in course material, leading to higher levels of engagement and better performance on long-term assessments of learning.

"According to Edtech expert Elliott Masie, founder of the MASIE Center, a National Training Laboratory study found that while lectures and reading produce only 5% to 10% learning retention rates, a virtual reality experience can result in 75% retention — second only to learning by teaching someone else."

Miami Children’s Health System: Students who learned using virtual reality were able to retain nearly 80% of what they learned when tested after one year, whereas students who trained using traditional methods retained only 20% a week after being tested.

PWC: VR learners were: 4X faster to train than in the classroom, 275% more confident to apply skills learned after training, 3.75 more emotionally connected to content than classroom learners.

Education Psychology Review: A Theoretical Research-Based Model of Learning in Immersive Virtual Reality

Stanford University: Collaborative Tasks in Immersive Virtual Reality Increase Learning

Stanford University: A large-scale, longitudinal study of transformed avatars and environmental context in group interaction in the metaverse

Capgemini Research Institute: Boeing's use of augmented reality for technicians has increased productivity by 40%

KPMG: The Future of Extended Reality

PwC: VR learners were 150% less distracted and 40% more confident in applying what they were taught compared to their counterparts in traditional classrooms.

Stanford University: Do Students Learn Better with Immersive Virtual Reality Videos than Conventional Videos? A Comparison of Media Effects with Middle School Girls.

Stanford study shows choices of virtual environments and avatars can promote positive psychological outcomes in the metaverse

The Impact of VR on Academic Performance: 27.4% increase in test scores and 32.4% increase in student retention 

Britsh Journal of Educational Technology: The virtual field trip: Investigating how to optimize virtual learning in Education.

VR Instruction and the Impact on Student Learning

Study Shows VR Was More Effective Than Traditional Nursing Education

Imperial College of London: 83% of VR-trained surgical residents could successfully perform a new procedure, whereas 0% of the traditionally trained residents could do the same

National Library of Medicine: Yale University School of Medicine- VR-trained surgeons were 29% faster and made 6x fewer errors