Openlab vs Prisms

Openlab provides immersive virtual biology and chemistry labs for students to practice laboratory protocols before entering a physical lab. Learners can interact with virtual equipment such as pipettes and test tubes, and explore molecular structures and DNA. Interactive quizzes test learners at each protocol step, while teachers can track progress through a web dashboard. Professors can request virtual labs based on an experiment described in a document or video. Openlab currently supports Oculus Quest 2 with hand tracking, so students interact using their hands. The maker suggests using the labs before real lab work, as a class supplement, or as a group activity. Openlab says it will ship a headset to an institute for a limited-time free trial and help with setup. Its terms state that services are free of charge, while noting that fees or subscriptions may be introduced in the future with notice. The platform is web-based, and the company is based in Varese, Italy.

Prisms is a spatial learning platform for grades 6–12 math and science. Students work through physical, first-person experiences and then connect those experiences to symbolic notation. The curriculum contains more than 100 content and skill-building modules. A classroom package includes VR headsets, charging and storage equipment, and mobile device management software; listed headset support includes Oculus Quest 1. Teachers can watch activity in real time through casting or an event timeline and provide feedback during lessons. Prisms AI gives short written responses to math and science answers and classifies mastery for teachers, who can override the classifications. Released modules can be translated into Spanish, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Mandarin, and Russian. The company says student data is not used to train third-party AI models and that sensitive or personally identifiable data is not sent to its AI. AI processing uses Anthropic models through AWS Bedrock and is described as FERPA- and COPPA-compliant. Support includes on-demand technical help and professional development with dedicated coaching. Partnerships use fixed license quantities and one-year initial terms unless an order form says otherwise.