[Android] Google VR Expeditions

[Arthur]

Download (Google Play)

 

Google Expeditions is a virtual reality teaching tool that lets you lead or join immersive virtual trips all over the world — get up close with historical landmarks, dive underwater with sharks, even visit outer space!

 

Built for the classroom and small group use, Google Expeditions allows a teacher acting as a “guide” to lead classroom-sized groups of “explorers” through collections of 360° and 3D images while pointing out interesting sights along the way.

 

Features:

• Guide classroom-sized groups of locally connected users from your phone or tablet.
  
• Explore along with a guide in immersive VR by putting your Android phone into a Google Cardboard viewer (http://g.co/cardboard) or use an Android tablet or phone in 2D “magic window” mode.
  
• Connect devices over the same WiFi network - if the Guide has downloaded some Expeditions, there is no internet connectivity required to run the Expedition!
  
• Choose from a growing list of over 200 Expeditions - each one is a curated set of VR imagery along with integrated descriptions, talking points and questions.
  

By using this app you agree to be bound by our Google Terms of Service (Google ToS, http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS), Google’s general Privacy Policy (http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/), and the additional terms below. This app is a Service as defined in the Google ToS and the terms regarding software in our Services apply to your use of this app.

 

Do not use this app while driving, walking, or otherwise by being distracted or disoriented from real world situations that prevent you from obeying traffic or safety laws.

 

[GuyJD]

We've just had a lady from Google in our school today showing us Google Expeditions, it's really good and the kids (primary) loved it, it's available on Apple devices as well as Android.

 

I'm now in the process of adding it to all of our iPad's it's a slightly different experience without the Cardboard but still a great one to really add that extra something to a lesson.

 

If you get the chance have them come in and demo it, the lady we had got the class teacher being the lead of the expedition after a couple minutes tutorial, they really benefited from the experience too and are really enthusiastic to get using it in class.

[NotSoFast]

Yep, same experience here today (secondary). I think the wow factor will quickly disappear though as more homes get PS VR and other, better systems.

[KFCARPS]

We've have deployed the app to our ipads, however when using the device as 'Guide' can not access the server through SWGFL and therefore so not have the option to search or download from hundreds of available scenes. Any ideas?