Appeal to a Broader Audience - In Design and Deliver: Planning and Teaching Using Universal Design for Learning, the authors outline three principles of Universal Design for learning (UDL): engagement, representation, and action and expression (Nelson & Rose, 2014). With the integration of MixCast, MasterpieceVR can help facilitators create content that fulfills these principles and makes content more accessible to a broader audience.
 

Engagement: Using mixed reality, viewers can participate with users in the VR space via 2D screens, and have the benefit of  the visual connection of facilitators interacting with the content. This connection facilitates our desire to learn together and improves our shared learning experience while  creating stronger social connections within the learning community (Bingham, 2011). Engagement can also be improved by immersing the learner in a collaborative environment, (Nelson & Rose, 2014) thereby improving the student teacher connection. MasterpieceVR can be fully collaborative for smaller groups, is intuitive enough for even children to participate yet powerful enough to be used for more sophisticated designs. This allows students with access to VR equipment to collaborate in creation of 3D content, follow along with instructors, or engage with classmates in breakout sessions and prototyping designs. The mixed reality environment also provides multiple ways for the facilitator to illustrate concepts intuitively.

Representation: Nelson and Rose (2014, p. 61) define representation as giving students examples of the lesson topic in various ways . This helps students connect concepts, make generalizations, and ensures that knowledge is activated across different students learning styles, cultural differences and experiences (Nelson & Rose, 2014). In the virtual space, there is no limit to the number of images, 3D models, or videos the instructor can display and intuitively arrange in the space. But rather than sharing a simple screen capture and a faceless voice, the instructor can emote and use body language to point out content, literally draw connections in 3D space, as well as do all the things that are possible in a real classroom setting.

Expression:  With these tools, instructors can live stream video footage and open screens with students in chat windows in their 3D space to interact. This helps the facilitator involve students in activating prior knowledge in similar ways to a classroom setting. For learners with VR capabilities, students can collaborate across disciplines and with instructors can create 3D content for students to interact with, creating hands-on and experiential learning.