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Los Angeles Unified School District Adopts VR Learning Platform

  • By Matt Jones
  • 10/29/24

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) recently announced its partnership with Avantis Education to bring educational virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) solution ClassVR to its students. A news release reports that the district has already deployed more than 16,000 ClassVR headsets as part of the Los Angeles Unified Instructional Technology Initiative. ClassVR includes the hardware, software, training, and support necessary to deploy the solution in schools—including access to the Eduverse library, home to hundreds of thousands of educational VR/AR resources.

“Los Angeles Unified has demonstrated its commitment to being a pioneer in educational technology by placing students at the forefront of innovative learning tools,” said Avantis Education CEO Huw Williams. “Through our collaboration, we’re proud to help the district expand its use of VR technology in a thoughtful, strategic way, supporting the district’s vision of making learning more engaging and future-focused.”

LAUSD and Avantis have partnered for two years to bring VR solutions to the district, according to the news release. ClassVR was initially adopted in a handful of schools and spread from there. The new collaboration brings these VR solutions to before- and after-school enrichment programs, using immersive learning to boost academic outcomes. Resources cover topics from science to history to English to career and technical education, with broad applications in a wide variety of fields and disciplines.

About the Author

Matt Jones is senior editor of Spaces4Learning. He can be reached at [email protected].

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