Virtual Plant Cell: Classroom VPC
Virtual Plant Cell (VPC) is a unique, expanding suite of educational virtual reality and 360 degree video experiences. They let you explore and interact with the submicroscopic inner world of a plant.
We built VPC: Classroom for the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology (plantenergy.edu.au). It is a collaborative learning experience for schools.
Students explore, interact with and learn about the key organelles and structures found within a plant cell in this immersive, educational experience.
Virtual Plant Cell: Classroom VPC is designed to run as a TWO STUDENT educational interactive.
VPC was shortlisted for a 2018 TIGA Games Industry Award (Best Educational Game): https://tiga.org/awards/2018-categories-2
Watch the video below to find out more...
3D Modelling and Animations: Peter Ryan Development: Richard England, Jozef Pierlejewski Graphic and Logo Design: Chris Brown Music: Jim Kennedy, Audiosimian Voice Over: Glenn Hall Science from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology and La Trobe University. Project led by Karina Price and the researchers of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology.
Looking for the Virtual Plant Cell app?
It's no longer distributed by the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, and the links you'll find elsewhere are dead. If you'd use it – in a classroom or anywhere else – tell us below. We're gauging whether there's enough interest to bring it back.
Teaching something that's hard to show?
Virtual Plant Cell exists because some things are easier to understand from the inside. If you teach a subject where the model, the mechanism or the scale is the hard part, tell us what you'd want your students to walk around in – we'll come back with what's possible and what it would take.
