This virtual tour app lets kids visit college campuses remotely
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While the virtual reality app was first built for rural and lower-income students, it’s a convenient way for students grounded by the coronavirus to get a more immersive sense of potential schools.
When I first envisioned a phone app to replace the physical college campus tour, it was a way to enable rural students and those who aren’t wealthy to visit campuses without having to travel to get there. As state director of a federally funded initiative that helps young people prepare for college, I realized virtual reality was a way to transport students to colleges throughout the state even if they didn’t have the time or money to do a regular in-person tour.