Question

What are two benefits and two disadvantages of the use of VR or AR in nursing education? Feel free to use your personal experience if you have used any VR or AR tools in your classes.

Answer 1

Ans) Augmented reality (AR) adds digital elements to a live view often by using the camera on a smartphone. Examples of augmented reality experiences include Snapchat lenses and the game Pokemon Go.

Virtual reality (VR) implies a complete immersion experience that shuts out the physical world.

Benefits of VR:

- Wearing Virtual Reality VR headset, students can experience high-quality educational visualizations that have a positive impact on the whole learning process.

- VR can help students easily understand complex concepts, theories, and subjects. they are able to digest and retain complex information at a much higher rate.

Disadvantage of VR:

• Loss of Spatial Awareness. This one is super obvious and seems a simple fix: just be aware of the space around you before you put on the goggles.
• Dizziness and Disorientation. This is going to vary, just as it would with any sort of anything in life.
• While virtual reality can be a great asset for most of the existent fields of activity, it can also be a huge disadvantage.Virtual reality is quite different; it is you and the software, and nothing else. This can damage the relationships between students and the overall human communication.

Benefits of AR:

- Augmented Reality(AR) technology can be applied to all kind of fields and levels of knowledge. However, it is true that it maximizes its benefits when it comes to Skills Training.

- AR provides the perfect mix between reality and virtual reality, so real physical devices can be used while saving costs and reducing risks.

Disadvantage of AR:

- It is based on the collection, analysis, and redistribution of different types of data, particularly through the application of Big Data, thus raising concerns over privacy and security.

For example, some AR devices record the environment in real time.

- In the context of business, smaller firms can be at a disadvantage because of their lack of resources.