Travel around the world thanks to virtual reality
Google Expeditions has been developed making use of virtual reality technology. It’s an educational tool that allows users to carry out virtual journeys around the world or visit monuments and objects to learn more details about them.
Travel to outer space or visit Ancient Rome
With the Expeditions APK installed on our phone, you’ll be able to travel anywhere around the world or even beyond our planet, as well as in any era: explore Jupiter, the Amazons or travel to Ancient times to discover how gladiators used to fight or what Pompeii’s streets looked like.
The idea behind this app to quench our curiosity but also to offer teachers from all over the world a tool to support their educational actions. All the latter, thanks to the following functions:
- Guide: connect an entire class to the same WiFi network and teach a lesson.
- Explore: visit places using an enveloping virtual reality making use of an adapted headset.
- Download expeditions to your device and access them whenever you want.
- Over 200 different expeditions that cover different aspects of geography, history, nature, art...
By the way, although it isn't a must, it's advisable to use Google Cardboard or a similar virtual reality headset for Android
Requirements and additional information:
- Minimum operating system requirements: Android 4.4.
Elies Guzmán
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