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Three ways to explore Ancient Egypt in VR

I've mentioned my love of Ancient Egypt as a school topic before and have shared this in VR form through one of my Nearpod Virtual Field...

Innerspace: 5 ways to enter the human body in VR

One of my favourite films as a kid was Innerspace (showing my age here!) This comedy starring Dennis Quiad and Martin Short, released in...

Why Sansar will be huge for VR in education

14 years ago, a company called Linden Labs created something unique: a virtual world that thousands of users across the globe could enter...

Bringing designs to life with Quiver Fashion

My six year old daughter has recently decided she's going to be a fashion designer when she grows up. She means business too - from...

Mindmapping in VR with Noda

I've always been a big fan of mindmapping in the classroom. Mindmapping and other kinds of data visualisations can really help students...

Expeditions across the Curriculum

Upon its launch, Google Expeditions quickly became one of the leading applications for easily implementing VR in classrooms via iOS and...

7 amazing ARKit demos - the future of AR in education

When ARKit was announced at Apple's WWDC event, I must admit my first thought was "but I've been using AR on my iPad for the last five...

Getting to grips with HistoryView VR

HistoryView VR is one of my favourite new platforms for grassroots level VR in the classroom. It offers an ever growing set of 360 tours...

Dubai based startup bringing dinosaurs to AR

One of the best things about being based here in Dubai is that there are a lot of innovative people here doing a lot of interesting...

Digital Storytelling in VR using Mindshow

I am fortunate enough to be a part of the alpha testing group for a new VR app called Mindshow. Really fortunate - because Mindshow is...

Build Your Own Virtual Reality Maze

About six months ago I managed to get hold of something really unique - Maze by Seedling. It's unlike anything else I've seen before or...

#CPDinVR - Behind the Scenes

There's been a lot of interest in the CPD sessions that I have been hosting inside the Engage platform and educators have been asking me...

A Guide to the Lifeliqe VR Museum

We are currently running a pilot of Lifeliqe in JESS Dubai and whilst the app version is being used on iPads and Surface Pro devices by...

The Titanic VR Experience

When I wandered into the Year 5 area of one of the primary schools I work in, shortly after Spring Break, I was stunned to spot an...

Edorble VR offers social learning experiences

I came across Edorble last May and tested a beta desktop build. Edorble offers virtual worlds where educators and students can gather for...

The VirtualiTee - AR you can wear

In the lead up to our VR presentation at BETT Middle East in April, my colleague and co-presenter Ronan MacNicholl managed to get his...

The Psychology of walking The Plank

Pretty much my go to app whenever I am showing someone the Vive for the first time is Richie's Plank Experience. It's just too much fun...

Ideas for integrating the Octagon 4D+ Cards

Having been a fan of all this augmented reality for some years now, the AR flashcards from Octagon Studio caught my eye late last year....

Tilt Brush in the hands of an Art student

When I first saw an advert for Google Tilt Brush in May 2016, I knew I would have to get an HTC Vive. It blew my mind and for the first...

Using Chatterpix Kids with Aurasma

When Luke Rees (@LukeReesEdu) first showed me Aurasma back in 2011, I called it a game changer. As someone with a background in film, I...