VIRTUAL REALITY AND AUGMENTED REALITY: THE ROLE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION

Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies bring revolutionary innovations in education. While VR offers students full interaction in a digital environment, AR deepens the learning experience by enriching the real world with digital content. These technologies provide students with more interactive and engaging learning experiences, helping them better understand educational materials and remember them for a long time [3]. Using VR, students can experience historical events as if they were alive in history classes, while they can explore detailed three-dimensional models of the human body in biology classes through AR. VR and AR can be used in various fields such as virtual classrooms and laboratories, language education and vocational training [6]. These technologies increase students' learning motivation, making the educational process more effective and contributing to equal opportunities in education. The effective use of VR and AR in education enables teachers to make course materials more innovative and interactive [5].