From Buckingham Palace to the Australian seabed, new virtual learning with Google Expeditions

Google's virtual reality program for schools now has new mobile applications to access, learn and experience in the classroom what Australia's Great Barrier Reef is like to tour Buckinham Palace in London.

The technology company Google has expanded its Expeditions virtual reality educational program with two new mobile applications: Australia's Great Barrier Reef and London's Buckingham Palace, so that teachers and students can access and enjoy an immersive learning and experience without leaving the classroom.

These new applications are added to the already hundreds of 'virtual expeditions' that the company has developed since last year it announced the launch of this educational program and began distributing the necessary technological material to schools..

Specifically, the company delivers its Cardboard to schools, smart mobiles, a tablet for the teacher (that acts as a guide) and the router to connect all the devices so that the students can see, get to know and learn in 360º from the habitat of the Galapagos Island (Ecuador) to explore the reefs and the Australian coral bottom, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

According to company data revealed to Business Wire, “more than 500.000 “students around the world have taken a virtual reality trip with Expeditions” and the new applications respond to requests made by students and teachers.

The program for the new application of Australia's Great Barrier Reef has been developed with the design and production of the British naturalist expert David Attenborough., who pointed out in a statement made through Google that “it is a wonder of the natural world that I have had the fantastic privilege of visiting on two occasions and that all children should know about”.

Regarding the tour of London's Buckingham Palace, Its development has had the collaboration of the British Royal Collection Fund, which also has a 360º video on YouTube for smartphones to 'enter’ virtually in your living rooms and bedrooms.