21st Century Learning and Teaching

Virtual reality is an amazing technology. While we don’t claim to know if it’ll succeed in the gaming world outside of a narrow niche, the demos and games we’ve seen have been impressive, particularly when it comes to creating a sense of “being there.”

Now, German prosecutors have created an advanced VR simulation of the German concentration camp Auschwitz, in an effort to model exactly where specific Nazi war criminals were and what they saw.

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Ever dreamt of visiting a majestic château in France’s world-famous Loire Valley but can’t afford it? Well, now you can.

The Loire Valley, which once housed France’s kings and nobility, attracts thousands of tourists a year. But, for many, a trip to France to see the fairytale former royal residences has long been an inaccessible dream.

The castles that can now be viewed almost brick by brick with the new ‘Google Street View’ virtual tours include Sully-sur-Loire, Chambord and Cité Royale de Loches. Those who run these historic landmarks hope that the project will boost tourism to the charming and scenic “Valley of the Kings”.