To understand how virtual reality influences learning and memory, it’s interesting to have a closer look at how memory actually works. Science hasn’t uncovered all the answers yet but the general idea is that, to learn something, we have to encounter information that our brain is motivated enough to store. When our brain believes a piece of information is important to our survival, to help us manage real-life situations or to improve our skills, it will be more inclined to store this information so that we may use it later on.