<s>
Google	B-Application
Expeditions	I-Application
was	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
(	O
VR	O
)	O
platform	O
developed	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
and	O
designed	O
for	O
educational	O
institutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
Android	B-Application
or	O
iOS	B-Application
smartphones	B-Application
,	O
the	O
companion	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
and	O
head-mounted	B-General_Concept
displays	I-General_Concept
such	O
as	O
Google	B-Device
Cardboard	I-Device
or	O
Daydream	B-Application
View	I-Application
,	O
students	O
(	O
or	O
other	O
users	O
)	O
could	O
take	O
virtual	O
trips	O
to	O
various	O
destinations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
was	O
discontinued	O
on	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
merged	O
into	O
Google	B-Application
Arts	O
&	O
Culture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Expeditions	O
app	O
offered	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
virtual	O
excursions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
included	O
Google	B-Application
Street	I-Application
View	I-Application
recordings	O
and	O
"	O
AirPanos	O
"	O
(	O
panoramic	O
captures	O
taken	O
from	O
the	O
air	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
school	O
class	O
kit	O
contained	O
30	O
synchronized	O
Google	B-Device
Cardboards	I-Device
with	O
smartphones	B-Application
and	O
a	O
tablet	B-Device
for	O
the	O
teacher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Google	B-Device
Cardboard	I-Device
was	O
announced	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
product	O
showed	O
immediate	O
promise	O
within	O
the	O
education	O
sector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Expeditions	I-Application
was	O
presented	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
at	O
Google	B-Application
I/O	I-Application
2015	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
launch	O
date	O
of	O
September	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
began	O
a	O
training	O
initiative	O
for	O
the	O
program	O
based	O
in	O
Munich	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
nonprofit	O
organization	O
Stiftung	O
Lesen	O
supports	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Expeditions	I-Application
in	O
schools	O
and	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
also	O
planned	O
to	O
add	O
augmented	O
reality	O
to	O
the	O
program	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
Google	B-Application
Expeditions	I-Application
AR	O
using	O
its	O
Tango	B-Algorithm
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CNET	O
described	O
Cardboard	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
platform	O
aimed	O
at	O
children	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VRODO	O
made	O
comments	O
about	O
the	O
platform	O
,	O
expressing	O
a	O
belief	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
immersive	O
learning	O
and	O
describing	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
as	O
an	O
aid	O
to	O
the	O
memorization	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Chip	O
Online	O
criticized	O
the	O
cost	O
of	O
assembling	O
a	O
full	O
Expeditions	O
kit	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
not	O
every	O
student	O
owns	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
.	O
</s>
