The Effect of Female College Students' Perception of VR on the Expectation of VR-using Beauty Education

Abstract

In the era of the 4th industrial revolution, various 4th industrial technologies are being used in the beauty industry. Therefore, education courses using the 4th industrial technology are needed for beauty education as well. Therefore, this study tried to apply to beauty education by empirically examining the perception of VR and expectations for VR applied beauty education among beauty major learners. A total of 106 beauty-related learners from 1st to 4th grade participated in the study. As a result of analyzing the perception of VR, there was a statistically significant difference according to the grades (p<.01), and the higher the grade, the higher the perception of VR. In addition, the perception of VR was found to have a statistically significant (p<.001) positive (+) correlation with educational, immersion, interest, and deviance by sub-factors of VR applied beauty education expectations. It was found that the higher the awareness, the higher the educational, immersive, interesting, and deviant factors of VR applied beauty education expectations. These results confirm the learners' expectations for the operation of beauty courses using VR and the necessity of developing VR-using beauty courses in the beauty education environment. Therefore, in beauty education, it is necessary to quickly realize the development and operation of beauty education courses using VR in line with the 4th industrial revolution era, thereby reviving the expectations of learners. For follow-up research, it is necessary to develop a VR-using beauty course or study after the course is operated.