The Implementation of Extended Reality in Higher Education, Examining Students’ Awareness
The Implementation of Extended Reality in Higher Education, Examining Students’ Awareness

Summary/Abstract: This research paper describes documents and confirms the benefits of applying extended reality (XR) into Higher education. Challenges that occur in the comprehensive reality (XR) domain (such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR)), as well as their causes and solutions, will be further discussed. The upcoming chapters will include perspectives from technology, design, human factors, and various technologies and ideas. XR is primarily or exclusively focused on the display, as it does not include other modalities such as audio, haptic, smell, or touch. Therefore, the primary focus will be on the benefits of using XR, though other disciplines that may intersect with Higher Education, where appropriate. As a whole, the study aspires to provide a comprehensive overview of the XR challenges, opportunities, and future trends that will be applied in educational institutions. Primary research in the form of survey research (exploratory research) that included 83 subjects showed a high awareness of XR among students of chosen HEI and usage of this technology in students' daily lives, and whether they use XR depends on the age of the survey respondents. To determine whether there was a correlation between the use of augmented reality and the age of the survey respondents, non-parametric statistics based on the ranks of observations - Spearman's correlation coefficient - were used. IBM SPSS statistical data processing and analysis software was used to calculate Spearman's correlation coefficient. Based on the sample observations and the inference statistics used, it cannot be asserted that there is a direct correlation between the use of augmented reality in everyday life and the age of the survey respondents. However, the results showed that a high rate of respondents is aware of XR (78,31%) but if they use this technology in their daily lives, are almost evenly distributed: use it in daily lives 34,94% of survey respondents do not use it 33,73%) and Maybe (not aware of the same) 31,33% survey respondents.

• Details
• Contents