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St. Paulâs Lutheran School eighth-grader Ben Price tours Holy Land sites including Nazareth and Bethlehem with Oculus Quest, a virtual reality headset. Teacher Pastor Rob Guenther called the event âan immersive, multi-sensory experienceâ for students using the headset and for others who watched it mirrored on a classroom screen.
NEW ULM — St. John’s Lutheran Church Pastor Rob Guenther recently began experimenting with virtual reality (VR) equipment in his catechism classroom at St. Paul’s Lutheran School.
With the rapid advancement of technology, he hopes to be on the front end of finding ways to use VR for education. He said over time, the cost of the technology will drop while quality improves.