VR Expeditions Odyssey™
In-class virtual field trips — expand education without leaving the classroom.
What is VR Expeditions Odyssey™?
VR Odyssey offers a unique and tailored experience for both students and teachers, making it an exceptional choice for educational settings. Its wide range of compatibility with Oculus, iOS, Chromebook and Android platforms ensures accessibility for a comprehensive range of users.
The platform offers additional lesson plans and features, with options for self-guided or teacher-led tours to make your VR experience even more exciting.
Back to School Awards of Excellence for Primary and Secondary Education, by Tech&Learning.
Choose from pre-configured VR kits — or create your own.
Standard VR Kit
Designed to be cost-efficient and budget-friendly in helping you take students on educational VR field trips.
- Encyclopædia Britannica content
- Student handouts
- VR Expeditions
- Customizable kits from 5 to 30 student devices
- White-glove service — everything installed and paired
- Onboarding training
- No recurring fees
- Transport case or charging cart
- 12–36 months warranty
Advanced Kit
Designed to deliver the highest image quality while delivering educational virtual-reality field trips like no other.
- Encyclopædia Britannica content
- Student handouts
- VR Expeditions
- Customizable kits from 5 to 30 student devices
- White-glove service — everything installed and paired
- Onboarding training
- No recurring fees
- Transport case or charging cart
- 12–36 months warranty
Dual Controller Kit
VR Odyssey contains even more compatibility options and additional content.
- Lesson plans and teacher guides
- 200 additional expeditions
- Customizable kits from 5 to 30 student devices
- Compatibility with iOS, Chromebooks and laptops
- Self-guided or teacher-led experiences
- Audio prompts
- White-glove service — everything installed and paired
- Onboarding training
- No recurring fees
- Transport case or charging cart
- 12–36 months warranty
Runs on the hardware your school already has.
Android devices
Any Android device on Android OS 7.0 and up — including Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, ASUS, Acer and many more.
Pico headsets
High-resolution display with an incredible 110-degree field of view. Controllers act as an intuitive extension of the hand for even more interactivity during a tour.
Lenovo Mirage
Stow away the phones, the expensive PCs and the cumbersome cables — high-quality standalone VR, with Google’s WorldSense technology to lean, dodge, duck and move naturally through virtual worlds.
iOS devices
Compatibility with iOS devices (7 and above), in full-screen or VR mode.
Chromebooks & laptops
The Odyssey platform runs on Chromebooks and laptops in full-screen mode — no headset required.
Oculus
All-in-one headset option supported by the Odyssey platform.
How VR Odyssey compares.
| VR Expeditions 2.0 | VR Odyssey | ClassVR | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Content | 360° images | 360° images + more to come | 360° images, videos, AR, 3D models |
| Teacher-led | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Self-guided | No | Yes | Yes |
| Upload & create tours | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Android compatibility | Yes | Yes | No |
| iOS compatibility | No | Yes | No |
| All-in-one headset option | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Narration | No | Yes | No |
| Offline learning | Yes | Yes | No |
| Downloadable content | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Subscription / annual fee | No | No | Yes |
| Device compatibility | Android, Pico, Mirage Solo | iOS, Pico, Oculus, Android, Chromebooks, laptops and more | ClassVR devices |
| Possible configurations | 10, 20, 30 + add-ons | 10, 20, 30 + add-ons | 8 or 30 |
Build your own expeditions.
Tour Creator allows teachers, educators and students to create educational expeditions. Explore local points of interest and take students to community museums, historical sites in your city, and other attractions such as your school district’s history or a favorite local university.
Already own a VR kit? We’ll retrofit it.
Our commitment to educators is above and beyond anything else. No matter where you got your kit, we will retrofit it to run VR Expeditions 2.0 — we support all existing VR kits.
Schedule an upgrade →In their words.
“It is very engaging and it gets kids talking. They get excited about what they see and they want to share that with others. I have used these with several different classes and grade levels — and all ages of students (and teachers) get excited.”
“VR has allowed my students to gain a deeper understanding of settings and environments that I would otherwise be unable to show them. It has literally opened up the whole world to my students.”
“Having a VR experience was a huge asset to my classes! The students were captivated by the journey they took to the moon, and it helped clear up any misconceptions they had.”
“Virtual reality brought excitement and significantly increased discourse between students. It brought our vocabulary words to life and created immediate engagement for the text we were about to read.”