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12 things to look for in a mobile VR headset

I remember having to import my first mobile VR headset from the USA back in 2014. Skip forwards to 2017 and mobile VR headsets are...

Virtual time travel using Timelooper

Timelooper is one of the most interesting mobile VR applications I’ve come across lately. A history-themed app, Timelooper offers a bank...

Early Learning in AR with NeoBear

Recently I caught wind of an augmented reality company based in China called Neobear. What struck me about their AR products was that...

Create a virtual gallery using Roomful

A couple of years ago I played around with an iPad app that allowed you to create a virtual art gallery. The app (3D Gallery) allowed you...

10 amazing virtual museum tours

Virtual Museum Tours are steadily becoming more and more common. VR has the power to transport users to places they might never be able...

How to find the best 360 videos on YouTube

YouTube has a wealth of free educational 360 videos that can enrich and transform learning. Of course it also has a lot of other content...

Video footage from #CPDinVR panel discussion

On August 15th, I hosted the most recent #CPDinVR sessions inside Engage. The first was an encore presentation of the original session...

Creating objects with IBM Watson Sandbox

Yesterday I went hands-on with the IBM Watson Sandbox app on the HTC Vive. Harnessing the IBM supercomputer that combines AI and...

10 ways to learn about religion using VR

On paper I am Christian, though I would probably call myself an atheist. My wife (also a Christian on paper) is more likely to quote the...

Collaborative Writing using Nature Treks VR

One of my all time favourite lessons was a session I put together and delivered in 2013 with some Year 4 students. They were studying...

Augmented Feedback using Gabsee

A couple of weeks ago I came across Gabsee on Twitter. Its a fun little app for creating AR avatars that has the unique feature of...

5 amazing VR experiences inside Engage

Most of the time I'm talking about Engage, it's generally in relation to the #CPDinVR events (find them here) but the truth is that even...

Manipulating Markers: changing the scale of AR

There are essentially four ways that you trigger an augmented reality experience using a mobile app: 1. Using a product that you have to...

Exploring the Virtuality Continuum

The one thing about the world of AR and VR in education that I think still confuses the everyday teacher is the terminology. There are so...

The Augmented Reality Dinosaur Safari

A few months ago a colleague of mine who works in EYFS asked me for ideas to enrich their new dinosaurs topic. I suggested several...

Exploring microscopic worlds in VR

Micro Cosmic World is a new VR app from developers Codon VR. It makes clever use of virtual reality to explore and learn about the...

Five reasons I love the ZooKazam app

One AR app I have loved using with students over the last few years is ZooKazam. This mobile app offers a bank of augmented reality...

vSafety: How online dangers will transpose into VR

Whatever technology students have been using in classrooms over the last several years, one thing that has remained integral within...

VR for Impact: change the world through virtual reality

In January 2017, Vive announced it's VR for Impact initiative in support of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. For those...

Building multi-user AR/VR experiences with Eon Creator AVR

There are lots of platforms available that offer AR and VR experiences for the classroom. There are far fewer though that allow educators...