ST. CHARLES, Mo. - It’s “back to school" in a bold, new way at St. Charles Community College.

The school is about to christen its new DreamScape Learn labs, sort of an offshoot from Dreamworks animated movies.

Steven Spielberg, the legendary Hollywood producer/director, helped develop the concept of DreamScape Learn, according to its promoters.

It’s an immersive, virtual reality curriculum, and it first launched at Arizona State University in 2022.

“This is just part of the class. They still have classroom lectures. They still have traditional labs but this is a 3rd piece of the puzzle for the class that brings it all together,” Compton said.

Biology students at St. Charles CC will be the first to use it in the Midwest.

“Students put the headset on and they're diagnosing a problem. T

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