Google Tour Creator Lets Schools Make Their Own VR Stories

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Google's newest VR education endeavor kynghidongduong.vn is a creative toolkit.

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Will my 9-year-old start making VR projects when he's in junior high? I think it's likely, after seeing what [/google/ Google] has in store with tour bali giá rẻ Creator. The tool is a surprise announcement at this year's [/news/duplex-android-p-and-assistant-everything-important-from-google-io/ Google I/O conference] aimed at the education market, and unlike previous educational VR efforts, this one's about creating.
Google's first educational dives into VR, years ago, were about taking magic trips to worlds other people created. Google Expeditions started with [/news/google-expedition-app-brings-vr-field-trips-for-all/ VR field trips] using [/reviews/google-cardboard-review/ Google Cardboard], and expanded last year to [/news/googles-ar-expeditions-augmented-reality-classroom-but-you-need-a-tango-phone-to-use-it/ selfie stick-enabled AR] experiences, too. 

"It's been a success beyond anything we imagined," says Clay Bavor, Google's VP of Virtual and tour bali giá rẻ Augmented Reality in charge of Daydream. "What we realized was, students and teachers didn't just want to go on expeditions. Many of them wanted to make them themselves."

Now Google wants classrooms -- and anyone else -- to create their own.