Virtual Expeditions

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Expeditions are group experiences with a guide leading and the explorers following along. We recommend a tablet for the guide and phones with Cardboard, a virtual reality viewer, for the explorers.

If you want to put together your own kit, you can use the app with Android tablets and phones. Expeditions will run on any Android device running KitKat (Android 4.4 and above) but multiple devices are required to use the app.

When you have your devices, download the Expeditions app from Google Play. The first time you open Expeditions, you’ll get a brief demonstration of the app. In the demo, tap Full Screen

These trips are collections of virtual reality panoramas — 360° panoramas and 3D images — annotated with details, points of interest, and questions that make them easy to integrate into curriculum already used in schools.

Updated 11. July 2016Google Expeditions enable teachers to bring students on virtual trips to places like museums, underwater, and outer space.

Expeditions are collections of linked VR content and supporting materials that can be used alongside existing curriculum.

to see how the app works without a viewer.

Teachers

You can incorporate Expeditions into your lesson plans in many ways. To learn more about them, see Add Expeditions to your lessons.

Virtual reality in education

To learn more about the possibilities of virtual reality in education, watch the talk from Google I/O 2016, VR in the Classroom: Early lessons learned from Google Expeditions.

Begin an expedition

Expeditions are group experiences with a guide leading and the explorers following along. There must always be a guide to lead an expedition; explorers can't enter an expedition without a guide.

You'll be asked to pick a role (Lead for guide and Follow for explorer) as soon as you open the Expeditions app. If you want to change the role on a specific device, you can switch the role within the app:

- Tap Guide or Explorer at the top of the screen.
- Tap Lead to be a guide or tap Follow to be an explorer.
- Lead an expedition
- Open the Expeditions app and tap Lead if you haven't already selected the guide role.

- Make sure your explorers are connected to your Wi-Fi network. You can see how many explorers are connected next to People at the top.

To connect from the explorer devices, tap the red Open Wi-Fi Settings link to turn on Wi-Fi and connect to the correct network.

If the explorers are connected but the guide is not, they'll see the message "Hold on. Looking for guide." Connect your guide device to the same network as the explorers to begin.

Open a downloaded expedition or browse to find a new one. You need to be connected to the Internet to download a new expedition.

After everyone joins an expedition, you can get started. You can only play the scene that’s currently selected.

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