01745nas a2200145   4500008004100000245013500041210006900176260001900245300001300264520110900277100002101386700002501407700002201432856014501454       2004                        eng d00aVirtual Laboratories in Education: A cheap way for schools to obtain laboratories for all courses by using the Computer Laboratory0 aVirtual Laboratories in Education A cheap way for schools to obt  c22 - 27 August  a 19 - 283 aPractical experience is an important component of the educational process. However, the time and economical resources often required for the setting up and construction of scientific laboratories is outside the scope of many institutions. A solution to this problem could be found in the adaptation of the Virtual Reality technology, which could allow the creation of Virtual Laboratories, which will simulate the processes and actions that could take place in real laboratories. In particular, this paper, based on the expertise and motivation gained by the VirRAD-IST project, proposes and describes such an educational virtual laboratory, which aims to meet the requirements of a real laboratory and furthermore to support communication and collaboration services. We propose a web-based system, which allows users to perform experiments on educational fields, such as Physics or Chemistry in 3D multi-user worlds where users are represented by avatars and they are offered a wide range of communication and collaboration services in order to simulate efficiently a real learning experimental process.1 aBouras, Christos1 aGiannaka, Eleftheria1 aAlexiou, Antonios  uhttps://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/virtual-laboratories-education-cheap-way-schools-obtain-laboratories-all-courses-using