Virtual worlds games can be used not only for fun but also to teach and to learn, to play together and to live new experiences.
You could join your friends and family in exercise classes or a fantasy world where you play with fantasy beings. However, other games can be violent, like some video games are.
There are also many useful games, such as the one developed by EU funded Bridges project where you spend "A Day in Ancient Athens” at the Foundation of Hellenic World.
Another EU project that has developed apps and games is iMareCulture offering 3D and virtual scenarios available for free. You can play with 3D puzzles or visit The Underwater Archaeological Park of Baiae, but for that you need headsets.
Europeana is the data space for cultural heritage, it is a platform for digitised cultural heritage. Currently, there are close to sixty million cultural heritage records available through the portal. Each one link to a local museum or cultural institution and many of them can be used and re-used for free without copyright. You can for example learn how to make an animated gif using art work from the portal, which can be used in virtual worlds to create for example new art and virtual environments.
Virtual tour of JRC Visitors’ Centre in Ispra
The 360° virtual tour at the JRC Visitors' Centre in Ispra is also available online. Here you can learn about satellites, nuclear safety and security, about the science behind reliable COVID testing or how EU researchers developed an instant tsunami warning system and much more. You can do informative quizzes and games.
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