Recommended Subjects: Meetings, Class Sessions, Presentation Space
Compatible Device(s): Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, Quest 2, HTV Vive, Windows Mixed Reality
Cost: Free
Description: The place for events Altspace VR is the premier place to attend live shows, meetups, cool classes, and more with friendly people from around the world. All thanks to the magic of Virtual Reality.
Recommended Subjects: Meetings, Class sessions, Presentation space
Compatible Device(s): Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, Oculus Quest 2, Oculus Go, HTC Vive
Cost: Rental fee for movies
Description: Watch movies with a group; ideal for Cinema classes and other topical documentaries for a range of fields
Recommended Subjects: History, Religion
Compatible Device(s): PC, Google Cardboard, BNext, smartphones
Cost: Free
Description: The world's largest library of 3D models of historic sites. Free virtual tours of the world's most famous monuments. Explore 3D Models. Virtual Tours. Virtual Exhibits. Subscribe to Newsletter. Destinations: Mt Rushmore, Tower of London, Sydney Opera House.
Education Apps in Oculus Store
Recommended Subjects:
Compatible Device(s): Quest, Quest 2, Rift, Go, Gear VR
Cost: Varies
Description: A complete list of category of educational apps in Oculus Store. Sort by headset to use with (e.g. Rift, Go, Quest)
Recommended Subjects: History, Education, Ancient Egypt, Travel
Compatible Device(s): Quest 2
Cost: Free
Description: The Giza Project gives you access to the largest collection of information, media, and research materials ever assembled about the Pyramids and related sites on Egypt’s Giza Plateau
Recommended Subjects: Meetings, Class sessions, Presentation space
Compatible Device(s): Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, Oculus Quest 2, Oculus Go
Cost: Free
Description: Education and training platform that seeks to transform how people share ideas and teach lessons to each other globally by harnessing the power of virtual reality. Host live virtual reality classes with up to 20 (60 with Pro version) students in a lecture hall, or any other environment you wish. Free version does not allow recording sessions, so screencast and record your screen if needing to record/share.
Recommended Subjects: Art, Art History
Compatible Device(s): Google Cardboard, BNext, smartphones
Cost: Free
Description: Range of cultural AR/VR experiences; Expeditions content migrated to Google Arts & Culture
Recommended Subjects: History
Compatible Device(s): Google Cardboard
Cost: Free
Description: Uses Google Street View to be transported anywhere.
Recommended Subjects: General Education, Meetings
Compatible Device(s): Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, Quest 2, HTV Vive, Windows Mixed Reality
Cost: Free
Description: Share a virtual room with friends. Watch videos, play with 3D objects, or just hang out.
Recommended Subjects: General Education, Meetings
Compatible Device(s): Oculus Quest, Oculus Quest 2
Cost:
Description: Using the Oculus Quest 2 headset, you'll soon have the ability to customize your own digital office with numerous virtual monitors capable of streaming your desktop PC in real-time. These monitors can even be snapped to real-world objects, such as a desk, allowing you to digitally enhance your physical environment.
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Recommended Subjects: General Education, Cooperation, Shared VR Experience
Compatible Device(s): Oculus Quest, Oculus Quest 2, PS4, Xbox, Switch
Cost: $6.49
Description: Put your puzzle-solving and communication skills to the test as you and your friends race to defuse bombs quickly before time runs out! Swap out between rounds and share the VR experience with your friends!
Plato's Allegory of the Cave on Frame VR
Recommended Subjects: General Education, Cooperation, Shared VR Experience, Philosophy, Ancient Greek Philosophy
Compatible Device(s): Oculus Quest 2, Web Browsers
Cost: Free
Description: As we venture further into the philosophical intricacies of virtual reality (VR), we uncover its remarkable possibilities. Through its boundless ability to construct immersive simulations, VR stands as an instrument for contemporary philosophers. It embraces the essence of Plato’s notion — that authentic wisdom transcends mere sensory perception, reaching towards universal truths — and presents an innovative arena for delving into these truths from fresh vantage points.
Recommended Subjects: Art History, Modern Art, Classical Myth, Nineteenth Century Art, Renaissance Art, Middle Ages, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, Prehistory, Non-Western: Polynesia, Oceania, Asia, Americas
Compatible Device(s): Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, Oculus Quest 2
Cost: Free
Description: Browse channnels with multiple apps from different categories with educational content, including documentaries (e.g. VR for Social Good, Defy Distance: Travel the World, etc)
Recommended Subjects: History, Education, Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
Compatible Device(s): Apple App Store
Cost: Free. Offers In-App Purchases
Description: Current and historical experiences in extended reality, XR360º™. Geolocated around the world.
Recommended Subjects: History, Art History, Film, Film Making, World War II, Education
Compatible Device(s): Oculus Quest 2
Cost: Free / Varies
Description: NORD XR with TIME & HISTORY debuted its top-tier VR film, Führerbunker. The documentary details the terror of National Socialism in the final hours of the Third Reich. Other titles include: National Geographic Explore VR: Visitors can travel to top destinations worldwide to take photos of stellar locations on the planet, including Antarctica and Manchu Picchu. Arctic Meltdown: The virtual world showcases the Svalbard Archipelago where viewers can explore the region on a helicopter trip. The Body VR – Journey Inside a Cell: Users can join a narrated VR journey across the human body, travel through the bloodstream, and learn about blood cells and how to fight illnesses.
Recommended Subjects: History, Art
Compatible Device(s): Oculus Quest 2
Cost: Free
Description: SketchFab lets you manage your 3D assets. Distribute 3d & AR experiences. Collaborate with others. This link is SketchFab's Cultural Heritage and History Top 10 of 2023.
Recommended Subjects: History, Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
Compatible Device(s): Oculus Quest, Oculus Quest 2
Cost: Free
Description: How work should be. Spatial brings people together for hangouts, immersive presentations, team planning, product reviews, & brainstorms.
Recommended Subjects:
Compatible Device(s): STEAM
Cost: $19.99
Description: Recreates all traditional board games in 3D virtual space.
Recommended Subjects: History, Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
Compatible Device(s): Oculus Rift
Cost: Free
Description: Traveling While Black is a cinematic VR experience that immerses the viewer in the long history of restriction of movement for black Americans and the creation of safe spaces in our communities.
Recommended Subjects: Meetings, Class sessions, Presentation space
Compatible Device(s): Pico, HTV Vive, Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, Oculus Quest 2, Windows Mixed Reality
Cost: Site license $499
Description: We provide classrooms, 3D VR objects, professional development, and the platform. See our anatomy, molecular biology, astronomy, paleontology, ancient history, and rooms for other immersive learning.
Virbela: A Virtual World for Meetings
Recommended Subjects: Meetings, Class sessions, Presentation space
Compatible Device(s):
Cost:
Description: In virtual classrooms, students and faculty act as avatars for first-person experiences. Watch class outcomes improve with genuine immersion.
Recommended Subjects: Meetings, Class sessions, Presentation space
Compatible Device(s): VIVE, Oculus Quest, Pico Neo 2
Cost: Free trial version
Description: VR app for recording presentations in VR
Recommended Subjects: Art History, Modern Art, Classical Myth, Nineteenth Century Art, Renaissance Art, Middle Ages, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, Prehistory, Non-Western: Polynesia, Oceania, Asia, Americas
Compatible Device(s): Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, Oculus Quest 2
Cost: $9.99
Description: Explore all famous sites in the world; multiplayer mode allows the creation of a room where you can wander together and see each other's avatar; good for virtual sessions together. Here is a complete list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites to explore.
Recommended Subjects: General Education
Compatible Device(s): Quest, Quest 2
Cost: Free
Description: Range of award-winning documentaries and topics in cinematic VR
Recommended Subjects: Meetings, Class sessions, Presentation space
Compatible Device(s): Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, Oculus Go, Pico, HTC, Microsoft Mixed Reality
Cost: Free immersive lab
Description: Platform for meetings, presentations and more in VR. Combine any content to make a VR presentations.
Recommended Subjects: General Education, Art History, Prehistory, Italian Renaissance, History of Video Games
Compatible Device(s): All
Cost: Free
Description: Range of content for all areas shot in 180 & 360 degrees and VR. Can be used as AR through a smartphone without a headset or with any other headset.
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