Virtual Reality (VR) is an emerging technology that shows great promise for integration into teaching and learning. VR technology has been researched in recent years to understand its potential to create educational opportunities, but little reporting on the prevalence of its use in classrooms has been identified. As a consequence of this note gap in the literature, this research aims to investigate the extent to which VR technology has been implemented in Western Australian (WA) secondary schools. Secondary schools across WA were invited to participate in an online survey directed toward classroom teachers and school administrators and leaders. The survey aimed to understand teachers’ perspectives on using VR in their programs and administrators’ broad perspectives on VR use in their schools.

This paper used a mixed methods research methodology to report both on the variety of VR hardware and software utilised and how these delivered VR teaching and learning experiences to secondary students. Further, analysis of teacher perspectives on the motivating factors and potential inhibitors for VR usage are presented.