{"id":64418,"date":"2018-08-31T15:16:22","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T19:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=64418"},"modified":"2018-08-31T15:39:25","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T19:39:25","slug":"googles-vr-labs-provide-stem-students-with-hands-on-experience-melnick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2018\/08\/31\/googles-vr-labs-provide-stem-students-with-hands-on-experience-melnick\/","title":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s VR Labs provide STEM students with hands-on experience [Melnick]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google\u2019s VR Labs provide STEM students with hands-on experience<\/strong><\/a> — from vrscout.com by\u00a0Kyle Melnick<\/p>\n

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STEM students engaged in scientific disciplines, such as biochemistry and neuroscience, are often required by their respective degrees to spend a certain amount of time engaged in an official laboratory environment. Unfortunately, crowded universities and the rise of online education have made it difficult for these innovators-in-training to access properly equipped labs and log their necessary hours.<\/p>\n

Cue Google VR Labs, a series of comprehensive virtual lab experiences available on the Google Daydream platform. Developed as part of partnership between Google and simulation education company Labster, the in-depth program boasts 30 interactive lab experiences in which biology students can engage in a series of hands-on scientific activities in a realistic environment.<\/p>\n

These actions can include everything from the use of practical tools, such as DNA sequencers and microscopes, to reality-bending experiences only capable in a virtual environment, like traveling to the surface of the newly discovered Astakos IV exoplanet or examining and altering DNA on a molecular level.<\/p>\n

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