A year ago I co-authored The Periodic Table of AR and VR iOS Apps with my good friend and serial innovator Mark “ICT Evangelist” Anderson. Part of Mark’s expanding line-up of educational Periodic Tables resources, it was launched at BETT London 2018 by Mark. I then delivered my own presentation on the project inside Engage as a part of the #CPDinVR events. This free resource was incredibly well-received and was shared thousands of times across social media. You can find my or

It might seem like I’m late to the Merge Cube party posting an article in 2019. These little augmented reality (or mixed reality if you prefer) cubes have become quite the edtech sensation in the last six months and I’ve never really mentioned them here on VirtualiTeach. So let’s start with the backstory… I was aware of the Merge Cube before it’s launch in August 2017 and was eager to try it for myself. I even reached out to Merge to see if they would send me one to demo and

As a fresh challenge for 2019, I’ve decided to renovate my YouTube channel and start producing original content on there rather than just use it as a receptacle for videos I embed here on the website. As such it will become another source of AR/VR in Education content from me and I plan to put out app demos and guides as well as unboxings and a lot more as the year rolls on. I started by organising the content I already had on there into playlists and adding proper header gra

One of the teachers I work with recently asked me to look for some mobile AR/VR content on the theme of Natural Disasters which her students were studying after the Christmas break. My first port of call was YouTube where I curated an appropriate set of 360 videos about volcanoes, tornadoes and other natural disasters. This has become a go-to move for me as I can navigate the content quickly and produce staff a sheet of QR codes that students can scan to directly access the

CoSpaces Edu has carved out a stellar reputation in the last couple of years as one of the best options for introducing VR into the classroom. I actually got to try CoSpaces back when it was still in beta form (alongside my former colleague Ronan McNicholl who went on to become one of their very first ambassadors.) It’s always impressed me and truth be told it’s been remiss of me to never really shine a spotlight on the app here on VirtualiTeach. So it’s time to right that wr

Just before I went away in the summer, I stumbled across a link to the Greenpeace Virtual Explorer kits. Currently only available in the UK, these cardboard VR kits are essentially free as long as you make a small donation to Greenpeace. Since I was going to be in the UK over the summer, I decided to order one and check it out. Here’s a clip of my daughter and I unboxing the kit: The headset (which is made from recycled materials by the way) will obviously work with any app b

Some of the most successful and engaging mobile AR and VR experiences I’ve facilitated in the last year have been from using the wide range of apps developed by Inspyro. Currently focused on content for the history classroom (though they tell me that geography is next up), Inspyro's VR apps are all free to access. Their AR content is marker-based and works as a part of their ActiveLens programme, wherein educators can buy the relevant information packs for a given time period

A trip to the amazing Kinokuniya bookstore in Dubai Mall today paid off as I was able to grab myself a couple of interesting VR related books - “Dawn of the New Everything” by Jaron Lanier (the guy who actually coined the term “virtual reality”) and the recently released “All About Virtual Reality” by DK Books. This one is a reference book for children produced in conjunction with acclaimed AR/VR studio Curiscope – developers of such fantastic experiences as the VirtualiTee