Pantharatna: Information presented in VR is retained better than reading books
Sakundala Pantharatna · a16z Podcast | The Present State and Future Possibility of Virtual Reality · Jan 2, 2019 · at 25:26
Sakundala Pantharatna (a16z researcher) discusses memory retention benefits of VR compared to traditional educational media like textbooks.
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“Seeing something on screen, you know, sticks in your mind more than reading it on a book seeing it in VR even more so.”
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