Summer VR camp pitches bigger role for virtual reality in schools

In Akwesasne, Ont., VR studio Poptronic hosted a four-week camp that taught participants about the world around them. They learned what it was like to kayak in the Arctic among the penguins, float in space on the International Space Station and live through the immense effects of climate change.

Summer VR camp pitches bigger role for virtual reality in schools
An adult woman stands next to a child. They are both looking at the camera and smiling. The wall behind them features a mural and it reads "Poptronic."

In Akwesasne, Ont., VR studio Poptronic hosted a four-week camp that taught participants about the world around them. They learned what it was like to kayak in the Arctic among the penguins, float in space on the International Space Station and live through the immense effects of climate change.