Now more than ever we wish we were kids still studying in school. Google for Education is bringing its Expeditions Pioneer Program to 15 new cities, including Toronto (which is the first stop for the program in the country). The tech giant partnered with Subaru to bring the program to different schools in the regions they visit. What the schools get are what Google calls Expeditions kit, these include ASUS smartphones, a tablet for the teacher, router, and viewers that turn the phones into virtual reality headsets. The kits either include Mattel’s new View-Master virtual reality viewers or Google Cardboard. Teachers can choose to virtually show their students over 120 places around the world, including Antarctica, Borneo Rainforest, and the Acropolis, to name a few.
The other cities benefitting from the program include the US cities of Alexandria, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Detroit, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City, and Washington DC. It will also be coming to Denmark and Singapore for the first time.
Source: Google for Education