Faculty Perceptions on Using Virtual Reality: Strengths, Weaknesses and Recommendations

While Virtual Reality has shown the potential to improve learning experiences, its acceptance and adaptation within curriculum remains significantly limited. One possible reason for this is the lack of information regarding how faculty from different disciplines and with different levels of expertise in using VR perceive the challenges and benefits of its implementation. As such, this study uses a Phenomenography approach to share the views of faculty from Business, Instructional Design and English in this context. Interview and observation data findings suggest that while faculty are keenly interested in VR technology, the challenges posed by cost, hardware and software can sometimes be prohibitive to VR adaptation. The study offers multiple suggestions to mitigate such challenges so that students and faculty can benefit from a technology that is highly immersive and engaging. The recommendations support and add to the literature and highlight the deeper details of issues and recommendations for VR integration in curriculum. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.