This paper reviews 68 studies (2000–2025) on VR in architecture and design education, revealing growing interest, design-focused applications, and the need for stronger evidence and pedagogical models.

This study introduces a VR-based gamified platform that enables interior architecture students to evaluate sustainable wall materials through interactive simulations, enhancing motivation, critical thinking, and sustainability literacy. Initial findings suggest that immersive, data-driven experiences foster deeper understanding of ecological impacts in design education.

This study examines how students from architecture and digital game design departments perceived and evaluated the VR documentary game Following the Traces of Sedad Hakkı Eldem in Istanbul, revealing both disciplinary differences in focus and a shared recognition of its educational value.