Cheating deterrence in vr education environments

A system for deterring cheating in a virtual reality educational environment comprising:

• a processor in communication with a memory and a virtual reality display device, the memory including instructions, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• receive light data for light entering from outside a virtual reality headset device worn by a user that is engaging in an educational testing activity being displayed in a virtual reality environment;
• detect when the light data indicates the user is attempting to look outside of the virtual reality device to a surrounding real-world environment of the user;
• record a first video of the surrounding real-world environment of the user;
• and
• display the first video of the surrounding real-world environment of the user for assisting determination of whether the user attempted to cheat on the educational testing.

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for displaying an object to a user in a virtual reality environment, the method comprising:

• receiving light data for light entering from outside a virtual reality headset device worn by a user that is engaging in an educational testing activity being displayed in a virtual reality environment;
• detecting the light data indicates the user is attempting to look outside of the virtual reality device to a surrounding real-world environment of the user;
• recording a first video of the surrounding real-world environment of the user;
• and
• displaying the first video of the surrounding real-world environment of the user for assisting determination of whether the user attempted to cheat on the educational testing.