F.A.Q.
Frequently asked questions
A device, motivation and time. The Anywhere Academy servers run around the clock, and all content is available at any time. There are no costs involved.
Our browser application works non-immersively in all modern web browsers on PCs, i.e. Chrome-based browsers and Mozilla Firefox.
We natively support Meta Quest 3 & 3S, PICO 4 Enterprise and Windows PCs (both immersive and non-immersive) with download and installation. This means you can use Anywhere Academy from the comfort of your desk chair, or get active and put on any tethered VR headset, as long as it supports SteamVR.
For technical reasons, some features and scenarios of Anywhere Academy only work in the native applications. For the full experience, we therefore recommend using the native application.
However, the browser version is sufficient for trying it out.
Anywhere Academy is open source and available on GitHub. It can therefore be freely cloned and edited.
This requires the Unity 3D engine (version 6000.0.32f1, Download) , with which you or your team should be familiar.
Absolutely! We are very interested in implementing new and exciting use cases in Anywhere Academy.
If you have an idea but are unsure how or whether it can be implemented in VR, please contact us.
You can find information on our Contact-page.
We are at your disposal and will be happy to help you turn your idea into reality.
Our team consists of several research assistants with different areas of interest.You can find more information on the About Us-Page and in our Publications.
Our team would be delighted to engage in scientific exchange, so please do not hesitate to Contact us if you are interested.
Our answer here is a clear ‘maybe’.In our experience, VR works well for learning objectives when it benefits from an increased sense of presence and strong interactivity profitiert.
You can find more information on this on our page about the Theory behind our scenarios.
Do you have a specific idea and are unsure whether VR would be a suitable medium? Please Contact us, we will be happy to advise you.