ENGAGE VR Discontinues Chromebook Support: What It Means for Educators

Engage VR no longer works with Chromebook

STEM teachers, tech centers, librarians across the United States are exploring ways to use virtual reality in the classroom. The idea of a VR learning experience is exciting for teachers and students. Some schools are fotunate enough to have VR headsets available for students to use. Most schools, however, rely on VR experiences that can run on a Chromebook.

In late 2024, ENGAGE XR (formerly ENGAGE VR) officially announced that support for Chromebooks would be withdrawn by the end of 2024. This decision follows ENGAGE’s longstanding focus on PC, Mac, and VR headset platforms. As of early 2025, Chromebook compatibility remains fully unsupported—even though earlier device specifications once provided partial guidance.

For schools relying heavily on Chromebooks—still among the most widely distributed learning devices in K‑12 education—this leaves a critical gap: immersive, VR-enhanced learning experiences delivered via ENGAGE are no longer accessible to a significant segment of students.

BrainSTEM Metaversity: The Chromebook-Friendly Metaverse Classroom

Enter BrainSTEM Metaversity, a browser-based VR metaverse built for education and explicitly designed to work across Chromebooks, mobile phones, desktops, laptops, and tablets .

• Web-platform accessibility: Unlike ENGAGE, which requires dedicated installs and VR hardware, Metaversity runs directly in the browser—making it a seamless fit for Chromebook users.

• Device-agnostic flexibility: Whether students have a VR headset, a standard desktop, or a school-issued Chromebook, they can all engage in BrainSTEM’s virtual classrooms .

• Curriculum integration: BrainSTEM ensures VR games and experiences align with educational standards—like KDE—and integrates with existing LMS tools .

• Performance and scalability: The platform recently migrated to Kubernetes, enabling faster deployments and improved performance—key for 1:1 Chromebook environments where speed and reliability matter .

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BrainSTEM equips educators and program leaders with the skills to navigate and create in VR/AR environments.

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