Exclusive Webinar: Trends in Immersive Learning for 2025
Sometimes, the best way to understand where an industry is going is to listenāreally listenāto the people in it. The educators experimenting with VR labs. The HR leaders rethinking onboarding. The developers tweaking UX to make training feel less like training and more like experience.
Thatās exactly what we set out to do with our recent webinar, āImmersive Learning Trends for 2025.ā Hosted by Volga Infosys Private Limited, it brought together voices from education, healthcare, manufacturing, and techāpeople not just building immersive platforms, but using them, shaping them, trying to make them stick in the real world.
This wasnāt a product pitch. It wasnāt a showcase. It was a conversation. And some of the insights that came out of it wereā¦unexpected. Honest. Sometimes contradictory. But always useful.
Here are some key takeaways from that session.
1. Immersive Learning Is Becoming Hyper-Specialized
A few years ago, VR in learning was mostly general-purpose. Virtual field trips. Basic 3D science experiments. Simulated environments that were impressive but broad.
Now? Thereās a shift toward vertical specificity.
We heard from a medical educator whoās using VR to train paramedicsānot in hospitals, but in simulated roadside accidents, inside moving ambulances, in chaotic field conditions. That kind of detail wasnāt the norm before. But now itās essential.
At Volga Infosys, weāre seeing the same thing with our defense and logistics clients. They donāt want āa training module.ā They want their warehouse. Their drill format. Their voice commands and emergency response scenarios. The future of immersive learning isnāt generalāitās contextual.
2. Data Will Drive Learning, Not Just Track It
Thereās been a quiet frustration with traditional LMS platforms. They track completion, maybe test scores, but not much else. VR and AR platforms now have the potential to gather far richer data: eye tracking, decision trees, time spent on each module, reaction speeds.
But the challenge, as one panelist put it, is: āJust because we can collect the data doesnāt mean we know what to do with it.ā
The discussion shifted toward using data not just to evaluate performance but to tailor the learning path. Adaptive learning in immersive environmentsāwhere the module responds to the learnerās behavior in real timeāis gaining momentum. Weāre experimenting with this ourselves at Volga Infosys: building modules that shift difficulty, offer new paths, or insert coaching moments based on how the learner behaves.
Itās still early days, but itās a leap beyond āpass/failā thinking.
3. Thereās a Tension Between Realism and Accessibility
One of the more honest parts of the discussion came from a university official who said, āOur students love the VR stuff. But half the time, the hardware doesnāt work. Or the labās locked. Or the app crashes.ā
Itās a reminder that we canāt be so obsessed with realism that we sacrifice accessibility.
Fully immersive VR with haptic feedback and motion capture? Amazing. But expensive. Hard to deploy at scale. So, some institutions are choosing lighter AR or 360Ā° video-based modulesānot as immersive, but far more accessible.
Thereās a lesson here: better isnāt always best if itās not usable.
4. The Human Element Still MattersāMaybe More Than Ever
One thing we didnāt expect: nearly every speaker emphasized how important facilitation still is. Even in fully immersive environments, learners need context, reflection, and guidance.
One panelist shared a story about running a VR history module without a teacher. āThey loved it,ā he said. āBut they missed the point.ā
We took that to heart. At Volga Infosys, weāve started designing āpause and promptā moments into our modulesāplaces where learners are encouraged to step back and reflect, or even discuss their experience with a mentor. Immersion doesnāt mean isolation. It means deeper connection, if done right.
5. India Is Poised to LeadāIf We Stay Practical
This trend came through clearly: immersive learning is growing faster in India than many expected. Why? Because weāre finding ways to adapt the tech to our context.
Our team shared how rural schools are using VR on shared headsets and rotating sessions. A factory supervisor talked about translating AR instructions into local languages. A government official mentioned partnerships to use immersive tools for agriculture training.
Innovation here isnāt about building the fanciest tools. Itās about making the tools work where theyāre needed most.
This webinar was more than a check-in. It was a reflection of how far immersive learning has comeāand how much further it can go.
At Volga Infosys Private Limited, based in India, we see our role not just as builders of XR platforms, but as connectorsābetween technology and pedagogy, industry and education, innovation and accessibility.
Weāre also humbled to share that our work in immersive learning is part of why weāve been nominated for the 2025 Go Global Awards, happening this November in London. Hosted by the International Trade Council, this event isnāt just a celebrationāitās a global meeting point. A chance to learn from others, share whatās working, and discover new paths forward. Weāre excited to represent India there, and to keep pushing the envelope in digital education.
The future of learning wonāt be built in silos. It will be immersive. Responsive. And, I believe, more human than ever.
