In the work from the position of modern pedagogical science, a number of difficulties (risks) associated with the use of virtual reality for educational purposes are considered. The practical significance of the results lies in solving the problem under study, which formulates general provisions on the specifics of VR as a method and means of education, notes the growth of digital educational technologies and the wide potential for their application in the future. Virtual reality in education is used as the information space, in which the student can not only obtain the necessary information, but also enter into the contact with the fictitious objects. Sinking (immersion) into the educational medium helps students to acquire the habits of interaction with the virtual objects, to develop methods of collective collaboration and to find confidence in the course presentation of its own projects. The process of creating the resources with the elements of interactivity, and also the selection of the necessary instrument means is a technological and a systematic problem for the teachers, who are mastering new information technologies. The purpose of the article is construction and substantiation of the effectiveness of the model of the use of technologies of virtual reality in the course of the instruction of schoolchildren in the system of additional formation.