Category Archives: Educational Games

Explore curriculum through Educational Games.

Bodyswaps

Bodyswaps is a VR platform that brings realistic simulations and AI-enabled feedback to soft skills training. It uses VR and AI to help learners practice and develop their communication, teamwork and leadership skills through empathy and self-reflection.

People in an interview

Curricular Connections

  • Self-assessment to achieve goals that advance preferred career-life futures
  • Strategies for personal well-being and work-life balance

Gameplay Length

  • At least 15-30 minutes per module

Player Comfort Level

  • Unrated

Walkthrough of Program

Website

Bodyswaps® – The VR and mobile platform for soft skills training

Cost

  • Unlisted. Interested person or organization will be asked to fill in a questionnaire to identify the pricing based on their needs.

InMind VR 2

InMind 2 is an action/arcade VR game with a bit of decision making, strategy and neuroscience of the human brain. You’ll take part in the process of one teenager named John becoming an adult, and help shape John’s future self, while experiencing an exciting journey inside the unusual micro world of the carefully recreated human brain. Remember that in this world even one small molecule can change a person’s destiny!

It is well known by scientists that emotions are nothing other than hormones affecting the human body — and especially the brain. You’ll take part in the process of one teenager named John becoming an adult, and help shape John’s future self, while experiencing an exciting journey inside the human brain. During this crucial time, John will face several key moments, and his reaction to these moments may lead to forming new interests and relations. Help John on his way towards his destiny… his future is in your hands!

Curricular Connections

  • Science-Biology- Life processes are performed at the cellular level.
  • Life is a result of interactions at the molecular and cellular levels.

Gameplay Length

  • 10-15 minutes

Player Comfort Level

  • Comfortable

Walkthrough of Program

Website

InMind VR 2 (Cardboard) – Apps on Google Play

‎InMind 2 VR (Cardboard) on the App Store (apple.com)

Cost

  • Free

Anatomyou VR | Human Anatomy

Anatomyou VR is an educational mobile application that presents human anatomy to the user from a different perspective. Using virtual reality, the user becomes part of the anatomy in an immersive way, being able to navigate along anatomical structures: circulatory, respiratory, digestive, urinary, lacrimal and the female reproductive system.

Anatomyou VR can be used in two different modes: Virtual Reality and Fullscreen.
In Virtual Reality mode, users can enjoy a fully immersive experience. Users can also interact with navigation controls and anatomical information elements by aiming directly at them.

Curricular Connections

• Multicellular organisms have organ systems that enable them to survive and interact within their environment.

• Multicellular organisms rely on internal systems to survive, reproduce, and interact with their environment.

• Life processes are performed at the cellular level.

• Organ systems: structure and function, structural and functional interdependence, maintenance of homeostasis

Gameplay Length

  • 20 minutes or more depending on if using for a study guide, revision or introduction to specific organs/organ systems.

Player Comfort Level

  • Comfortable

Walkthrough of Program

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDXbv1heTw0

Website

‎Anatomyou VR | Human Anatomy on the App Store (apple.com)

Anatomyou VR | Human Anatomy – Apps on Google Play

Cost

  • Free for the basic version and $1.49 – $5.99 per additional in app purchases.

National Geographic Explore VR

Set off as a National Geographic explorer to discover two of the most iconic locations on the planet! Head to Antarctica and set off on a thrilling expedition of discovery. Navigate around icebergs in a kayak, climb a massive ice shelf and survive a raging snowstorm as you search for a lost emperor penguin colony. Visit Machu Picchu, Peru and get immersed in amazing digital reconstructions of the ancient Inca citadel. Witness mummy worship, raise a cup of sacred chicha and encounter alpacas as you match Hiram Bingham’s photographs from when he rediscovered the Inca citadel. With a mission to capture photographs for the National Geographic magazine, this interactive experience lets the entire family discover the world without ever leaving home.

Curricular Connections

  • Complex roles and relationships contribute to diversity of ecosystems.
  • Living things are diverse, can be grouped, and interact in their ecosystems.
  • The biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere are interconnected, as matter cycles and energy flows through them.

Gameplay Length

  • <30 minutes

Player Comfort Level

  • Comfortable

Walkthrough of Program

Website

National Geographic Explore VR on Oculus Quest 2 | Oculus

Cost

  • CA $11.99 (November 2021)

Anne Frank House VR

In 1942, during the Second World War, Anne Frank, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family were forced to go into hiding to escape persecution from the Nazis. For more than two years, the Franks and 4 others would live in the “Secret Annex” of an old office building in Amsterdam, sharing the burden of living in hiding in confined quarters with the constant threat of discovery. Anne Frank House VR offers a unique and emotional insight into these two years. Experience the world-famous Secret Annex in a never before seen way. Travel back to the years of the Second World War and wander through the rooms of the Annex that housed the group of 8 Jewish people as they hid from the Nazis. Immerse yourself in Anne’s thoughts as you traverse each faithfully recreated room, thanks to the power of VR, and find out what happened to the Annex’ brave inhabitants.

Curricular Connections

  • Changing ideas about the world created tension between people wanting to adopt new ideas and those wanting to preserve established traditions.
  • Contacts and conflicts between peoples stimulated significant cultural, social, political change.
  • Human and environmental factors shape changes in population and living standards.

Gameplay Length

  • <30 minutes

Player Comfort Level

  • Comfortable

Walkthrough of Program

Website

Anne Frank House VR on Oculus Quest 2 | Oculus

Cost

  • Free

Ocean Rift

Ocean Rift is the world’s first VR aquatic safari park. Explore a vivid underwater world full of life including dolphins, sharks, turtles, sea snakes, rays, whales, manatees, sea lions and even prehistoric animals! You are free to swim around each of the 14 habitats using innovative motion controls. Activate the education mode to learn more about the animals you come across. There are over 40 fully narrated information points to find.

Curricular Connections

  • Complex roles and relationships contribute to diversity of ecosystems.
  • Living things are diverse, can be grouped, and interact in their ecosystems.
  • The biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere are interconnected, as matter cycles and energy flows through them.

Gameplay Length

  • 15 minutes

Player Comfort Level

  • Comfortable

Walkthrough of Program

Website

Ocean Rift – Apps on Google Play : Requires Google Daydream

Ocean Rift on Oculus Quest 2 | Oculus

Ocean Rift on Steam (steampowered.com)

Cost

  • CA $11.99 (November 2021)

VR Space Stalker

Space Stalker VR game is a space simulator that will immerse you in an atmosphere of dangerous adventures hidden in the depths of space. This is an opportunity for you to try yourself as a spaceship pilot in the dim and distant future. Adrenalin chases through asteroid fields, mysterious vaults, ancient artifacts, puzzles and arsenal of different weapons – this is just a small part of what you can see from the cockpit of your space fighter. Prepare for more complex tasks, upgrading your ship, and solve the mysteries of deep space!

Curricular Connections

  • Forces interact within fields and cause linear and circular motion
  • An object’s motion can be predicted, analyzed, and described.
  • Astronomy seeks to explain the origin of the universe and interactions of celestial bodies.

Gameplay Length

  • 15 minutes

Player Comfort Level

  • Comfortable

Walkthrough of Program

Website

‎VR Space Stalker on the App Store (apple.com)

Cost

  • Free

VR Maze

VR Maze is a puzzle based game in which virtual reality is perfect to have a go at. You can experience colourful visuals in 3D whilst playing this virtual maze game without a controller. Challenge yourself by trying to direct the ball out of more than 50 different VR labyrinths. The game gets progressively harder after the initial levels. For use with mobile headset viewers.

Curricular Connections

• Math- Use logic and patterns to solve puzzles and play games
• Use reasoning and logic to explore, analyze, and apply mathematical ideas

Gameplay Length

  • 10-15 minutes

Player Comfort Level

  • Comfortable

Walkthrough of Program

Website

VR Maze – Apps on Google Play

Cost

  • Free

Acropolis Interactive Educational 3D


Visit the world´s most famous citadel, the Acropolis of Athens, built in Ancient Greece in the 5th century BC. Explore history with interactive 3D scenes. Learn about historical sites, great works of architecture or events of the past in this game. The interactive scenes can be rotated, enlarged or viewed from pre-set angles. Some of the 3D scenes contain a walk mode, enabling you to explore the scene yourself. Most of the 3D scenes include narrations and built-in animations. They also contain captions, entertaining animated quizzes and other visual elements. The 3D scenes are also available in several languages, which also offers an opportunity to learn and practice foreign languages. For use with mobile headset viewers.

Curricular Connections

• Social Studies- Religious and cultural practices that emerged during this period have endured and continue to influence people.

• Exploration, expansion, and colonization had varying consequences for different groups.

• Languages- Listening and viewing with intent helps us begin to understand different languages

Gameplay Length

  • 5-15 minutes, depending if you are just viewing the ancient environment or if you intend on doing some of the quizzes and remaining immersed for longer.

Player Comfort Level

  • Comfortable

Walkthrough of Program

Website

Acropolis Interactive educational 3D – Apps on Google Play

‎Acropolis Interactive 3D on the App Store (apple.com)

Cost

  • Free

InMind

InMind allows the player to experience the journey into the patient’s brains in search of the neurons that cause mental disorder. Submerge into the microworld and experience the miracles of the human mind.

The game is set in a futuristic setting where humanity is standing upon the brink of a new era where modern healthcare makes tremendous scientific advancements. With the help of nanotechnologies a surgical prototype bathyscaphe allows its operator to shrink to a microlevel and travel inside the patient’s body.

Compatible with mobile VR headsets such as: Fibrum, Homido, Lakento, Archos, Durovis and others Cardboard like headsets.

Curricular Connections

  • Science-Biology-Life processes are performed at the cellular level.

Gameplay Length

  • 5-10 minutes

Walkthrough of Program

Website

‎InMind VR (Cardboard) on the App Store (apple.com)

InMind VR (Cardboard) – Apps on Google Play

Cost

  • Free