--- description: Virtual keggers aren't quite the same though title: Colleges Use Virtual Reality For Campus Tours image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd782e3da41061ff4/69869f0c810bbbc22fc92f45/occulus-rift.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Now You Can Tour Colleges Using a Virtual Reality Headset by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 11, 2014 6:45 PM CUT  Some colleges are now using a technology called Occulus Rift to give prospective students a virtual tour. Some colleges are now using a technology called Occulus Rift to give prospective students a virtual tour.CNN Newsource by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 11, 2014 6:45 PM CUT For those unable or unwilling to travel halfway across the country at huge expense for a college tour, there might be an answer. Virtual tour firm YouVisit now allows you to take virtual college tours using Oculus Rift, the virtual reality headset bought by Facebook for $2 billion earlier this year. The technology tracks the user’s eye movements and allows them to see entire rooms from the ceiling to the floor, as if they are actually there. YouVisit CTO, Taher Baderkhan, said “Our mission, from the day we started the company, is making the campus visit more attainable to students.” **Related:** [MONEY’s Best Colleges](http://time.com/money/collection/moneys-best-colleges/ "undefined") [MONEY’s Best Colleges That You Can Actually Get Into](http://time.com/money/3025342/best-you-can-actually-get-into-moneys-best-colleges/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3101224/now-you-can-tour-colleges-using-a-virtual-reality-headset/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3101224/now-you-can-tour-colleges-using-a-virtual-reality-headset/"},"headline":"Now You Can Tour Colleges Using a Virtual Reality Headset","datePublished":"2014-08-11T18:45:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:56.298Z","description":"Virtual keggers aren't quite the same though","url":"https://time.com/3101224/now-you-can-tour-colleges-using-a-virtual-reality-headset/","keywords":["Tech","Gadgets","College","video","Virtual Reality","University","Yale","campus"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd782e3da41061ff4/69869f0c810bbbc22fc92f45/occulus-rift.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd782e3da41061ff4/69869f0c810bbbc22fc92f45/occulus-rift.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Some colleges are now using a technology called Occulus Rift to give prospective students a virtual tour.","caption":"Some colleges are now using a technology called Occulus Rift to give prospective students a virtual tour.","creditText":"CNN Newsource","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3101224/now-you-can-tour-colleges-using-a-virtual-reality-headset/","name":"Now You Can Tour Colleges Using a Virtual Reality Headset"}}]}] ```