Avantis Education Showcases Cross-curricular Value of ClassVR at ISTELive 24

Expanded VR/AR content and enhanced user experience launched in booth #1700

Chicago (June 24, 2024) — Avantis Education, the leader in virtual reality technology for K-12 schools, is showcasing the cross-curricular value of VR/AR at ISTELive 24 in Denver, June 23-26, 2024, by unveiling a series of ClassVR software and content enhancements, and hosting best practice presentations in collaboration with its U.S. education ambassadors.

ClassVR is launching Eduverse360 –an expanded library featuring more than 300,000 stunning 360° images and videos from around the globe allowing teachers to take students on compelling, immersive field trips without leaving the classroom.

Responding to increased demand for curriculum-aligned content across all subjects, new math resources are designed to make learning relevant, accessible, and fun. Popular English resources have been expanded to support English language teaching for K-2 and English as an additional language. While in biology students can shrink down to insect size to see pollination in action like never before.

Chris Klein, vice president of education at Avantis Education explains “There is mounting evidence that bringing VR/AR into lessons helps improve student outcomes by creating immersive learning experiences and increasing knowledge retention – across all subject areas.

“We’re continually developing ClassVR to meet the evolving needs of education, and Eduverse content is at the core of this strategy.”

Avantis will also introduce exciting software enhancements designed to improve the user experience. These updates include:

• A redesigned homepage that features curated playlists and subject-based browsing for easier navigation.
• ClassVR’ s teacher and student notes can now be viewed in a sidebar alongside the VR content, enhancing the educational experience.
• Teachers will also benefit from the dynamic preview of 3D models, allowing them to quickly assess and view models with just a few clicks.
• User and content management enhancements, including streamlined administrator management of playlists and updates to administrator controls.
• New professional development options. Beginning July 1, 2024, all customers get free access to Avantis’ online continuing professional development (CPD) training materials to assist them with self-paced instruction on how to use ClassVR. New customers also have expanded options for training packages.

The latest ClassVR software enhancements focus on expanding the user experience. With an increasing number of interactive activities available in the Eduverse, including the new math, English and biology explorable scenes.

To help visitors better understand the cross-curricular value of VR/AR, ClassVR ambassadors will be on stand, sharing their best practice insights on a range of topics. Presentations will take place daily on booth #1700. For the schedule visit ISTE.

“At Avantis we are committed to continuous innovation and supporting our customers in every possible way,” said Avantis CEO Huw Williams. “These latest enhancements and resources reflect our commitment to providing educators with the best tools and training to create an engaging and effective learning environment for their students.”

By introducing these comprehensive enhancements and resources, Avantis Education is reaffirming its commitment to delivering exceptional value and support to educators and students.

Avantis is the creator of ClassVR, the award-winning all-in-one VR/AR headset and content platform designed specifically for K-12 classrooms. Used by more than 2 million students in 200,000 classrooms in 90 countries, it includes all hardware, software, tools, training, support and implementation services needed to deploy VR/AR in the classroom. It also provides access to the Eduverse platform, ClassVR’s robust library of content which gives teachers access to hundreds of thousands of pieces of VR and AR content and resources to enhance lessons and engage students more deeply in their learning.

For more information about Avantis and its offerings, visit www.avantiseducation.com and www.classvr.com or stop by ISTE booth #1700.

About Avantis

Avantis Education, the creators of ClassVR, provides simple classroom technology used by more than 2 million students in over 90 countries.

The world’s first virtual reality technology designed just for education provides everything a school needs to seamlessly implement VR technology in any classroom, all at an affordable price. To learn more visit www.avantiseducation.com and www.classvr.com.

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