Virtual reality-supported metaverse platform “YTU Starverse” was developed by faculty members and students working at the university. Hürriyet Newspaper was also the guest of the first lecture, which was a historic moment in the academic world. Before the lesson, avatar students visited the digital art gallery accompanied by their teachers. Students who came to the classroom door were asked “Do you want to attend the class?” With the answer ‘Yes’, the door was opened, Rector Prof. Dr. Tamer Yılmaz’s avatar welcomed the students.

Students took the class in the lecture hall designed in the digital universe. The 100 students who participated were able to follow the lesson remotely via a computer screen or with augmented reality glasses. Rector Prof. in the lecture. Dr. While Tamer Yılmaz explained the agricultural societies in history, students were transported to the ancient times. While the subject was the industrial revolution, the working system of the steam engine invented by James Watt was presented to the students in three dimensions.

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