Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality in Learning Environments: Perspectives from Preschool to Higher Education
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We live in an era of the most accelerated technological changes. Artificial intelligence possesses immense power and has the potential to dramatically influence education, being considered an inevitable transformation. Additionally, another technology, virtual reality (VR), although still in its early stages, when combined with artificial intelligence (AI), has the potential to radically transform entertainment, education, and healthcare. Thus, there is a call for new approaches to an educational system increasingly permeated by artificial intelligence systems---models, standards, and learning assessments. However, significant challenges arise, raising issues of ethics and academic integrity, such as the reliability of information, transparency regarding the sources used, privacy and data security, and plagiarism, as well as the investigation of how artificial intelligence affects teaching. Experts in educational technology predict that in the future, new versions of these technologies will replace textbooks and take the learning process outside the classroom. Overall, the United States alone has over 10 million virtual reality systems, with the actual number likely significantly higher. Moreover, artificial intelligence will not only enable new technologies but will also analyze their effectiveness and optimize the benefits they can offer. This paper on the impact of virtual reality and artificial intelligence on the educational process represents a step in our efforts to understand how these technologies can transform the educational system. The research found that the nature of the content presented in virtual reality can change users' perspectives and behaviors, as well as develop their knowledge empirically through personalized simulations. Instead of hours in front of screens, imagine learning in just a few minutes through VR. Therefore, it seems that with virtual reality, a little is enough.
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