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Prisms VR founder urges state appropriation to scale spatial VR math and science program in Michigan
Summary
Anarupa Ganguly, CEO of Prisms VR, told the House appropriations subcommittee that her company’s spatial VR curriculum embeds algebra and science concepts in career‑connected simulations and that early results and a WestEd randomized trial showed measurable gains; she asked for appropriation to expand to more high‑need Michigan students.
Anarupa Ganguly, founder and chief executive officer of Prisms VR, told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on School Aid and the Department of Education that spatial virtual reality lessons that embed core math and science concepts in career‑connected, first‑person problems have improved algebra proficiency in early deployments and should be scaled to additional high‑need Michigan students.
Ganguly described Prisms as a spatial learning platform that uses virtual reality to immerse students in real‑world jobs — for example, having students act as epidemiologists observing infection spread,…
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