{"id":36,"date":"2026-02-07T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/?p=36"},"modified":"2026-06-29T13:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:41:20","slug":"xr-for-education-propaganda-edumetaverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/?p=36","title":{"rendered":"XR for education propaganda – EDUMetaverse"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1 – ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one’s cause or to damage an opposing cause<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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2: <\/b>the spreading of ideas, information, or rumors for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person<\/p>\n

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I was so tempted to make a reaction video to this <\/span><\/span>video within Andrew Wright’s LinkedIn post<\/a><\/span><\/span>.  But no. Instead, I’ll just point out the XR for education problems therein.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/span><\/span>If you\u2019re wondering what #immersivelearning looks like. Watch the clip of today\u2019s onsite session till the end. Innovate, Engage, Inspire
This is not a \u2018flash over substance\u2019 experience, at EDUmetaverse, this is the real deal! <\/p>\n

Consider that this is one lesson of ten, from one world out of a hundred, you\u2019ll then get some idea of what we\u2019ve spent five years creating.<\/p>\n

Designed by teachers, for teachers. Available now as part of our education bundle for 2026.
All you need is a browser..<\/p>\n

\u2705 Immersive Worlds
\u2705 Engaging PBL
\u2705 Relevant Content
\u2705 Curriculum aligned
\u2705 A.I Literacy embedded
\u2705 STEM based
\u2705 Teacher Created<\/p>\n

What are you waiting for? Get in touch today.
www.edumetaverse.com.au<\/p>\n

#educationevolved #ai #vr #mixedreality #3ddesign #stem #webxr #pbl #generativeai Frame MeshyAI Lauren Main Andrew Google Flow Apple

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Wondering what immersive learning looks like?
Not ‘flash over substance’?
The real deal!
1 of 10, 1 of 100!
Spent 5 years creating<\/p>\n

Designed by teachers, for teachers (ouch. I apologize to teachers on EDUMetaverse’s behalf, cause EDUMetaverse has a tendency to throw y’all under the bus, regularly<\/a>.)<\/span><\/div>\n


Then a bunch of key phrases: STEM, relevant, immersive! Probably written by AI. \ud83d\ude44
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I did not find the same video posted to any other EDUMetaverse social media (huh? \ud83d\ude44) . I’m going to show screen captures with my written descriptions.<\/p>\n

Opening scene, upbeat music: It’s Avatar Andrew inside of a FrameVR\/Virbela world that looks like a stadium during winter. Avatar Andrew is standing on a blue running track looking towards empty wooden spectator seats where a real world ski jumping video clip plays and 2D picture of a 3D model of a ski jump is displayed.<\/p>\n

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Students are watching a flat screen monitor \ud83d\ude44, where an EDUMetaverse world is shown and inside that world there is what looks like an EDUMetaverse produced video and some Olympics mascots. (I searched for matching clip or 3D model, didn’t easily find anything but it isn’t hard to guess that they could<\/i> have been made by AI.)<\/p>\n

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An interface shows a 3D ski jump model. I’ve never used EDUMetaverse, so I’m guessing this is a compose or build-type of interface. Interestingly, we can see that AI is doing the building because there is text: “Prompt: An olympic ski jumper in jump mode leaning forward over skis…” and “Generating 70%”.  In my experience with VirBELA, this looks like a VirBELA-like interface. Note: this supposed result doesn’t appear anywhere in the video. (cough, AI fail? \ud83d\ude44 cough)<\/p>\n

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A little more video of Avatar Andrew watching real world ski jumping video in world. \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n

Then what must be a post-production edited still shot (NOT video) because an innocent student appears to be pointing to something that doesn’t exist but a ski jump has been placed into the shot. This is AR-like. In my opinion, this is a faked video shot and it is poorly done. \ud83d\ude44  For fun, I noticed the colored bracelet. Can we see it elsewhere in the video OR was the student’s hand a new creation from somewhere else? (Spoiler: yup, the bracelet is on a student later).<\/span><\/div>\n

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Then a slick EDUMetaverse video clip of a ski jumper.<\/span><\/div>\n

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I asked Google Image to find this image as I thought it might have been a clip produced by the Olympic organizers or broadcasters. Result: “No exact matches found. This could mean the image is unique or has not been widely shared yet.”  Technically, that is one hell of a ski jumping video clip if it was based on ANY form of real reality cause the top of that ski jump is literally as tall as mountains. \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n

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Then back to videos of students sketching a ski jump. At this point, I don’t know why since I thought this was a pro-VR video. But I have had a great deal of fun with The Sum of All Thrills<\/a> where one designs a roller coaster so I’m aware that working on design is a fun step.<\/p>\n

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Students are creating a ski jump from a cardboard box. Imagine my surprise. Is this a middle design–like between the drawn designs and the 3D one? Looks fun…but…why <\/b>are they doing this? \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n

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Quick shot of a student navigating inside of the VR world that is simultaneously displayed on a bigger screen. I don’t know why the student is doing this. \ud83d\ude44 Displaying it on a bigger screen is intriguing<\/a>, though.<\/p>\n

Final scenes with students show them letting a marble roll down and off their cardboard ski jump models. At this point, I’m like “OK, let’s take these skills into VR somehow or…what?”  No joy. \ud83d\ude44 It doesn’t have to go back into VR, I know that. But this is a VR company so I’m looking for them to clinch the promo.  <\/p>\n

Lesson had a claim to be related to STEM (overall EDUMetaverse website claims that their lessons have ‘PBL packs’<\/a>, problem-based learning) but I’m not sure I ever saw any math, anything measured or calculated. \ud83d\ude44<\/span><\/p>\n

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But the piece de resistance that threw me over the edge was the post-production video edit of a ski jumping going the wrong direction on to\/ off of the cardboard ski jump.
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Yup, ski jump is definitely going UP the jump, left to right across the screen. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/span>Executing a truly miraculous pivot 90\u00b0 to the right at the height of the jump. Impressive for a ski jumper, that is. To be fair, less impressive for a freestyle skier. \ud83d\ude12<\/span><\/p>\n


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Really nailed the landing well. On the desk. Which wasn’t really part of any of the students’ designs. This is one prescient ski jumper. <\/span><\/div>\n
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I won’t link to Veo here because when I surfed there, it took over my browser dominantly. I would steer clear. <\/span><\/div>\n
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So…how does this product (which provides no prices upfront, you need to ask for a quote and hope for your educational discount…from a company with EDU in their name \ud83d\ude44) actually add to the educational experience where students made ski jumps and rolled marbles off of them?<\/span><\/div>\n
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