Implementation of a low-cost virtual reality laboratory: a case study of the assembly of a laboratory for the teaching of Mathematics

This paper relates the concepts involved in Virtual Reality, Software Engineering, Education areas and it describes the steps to create low cost virtual reality laboratories for learning from existing labs in schools, which usually have low budgets. These steps treat aspects about hardware, software and pedagogical issues in order to change conventional computational laboratories in a space with virtual reality educational games. Finally, it presents a case study that demonstrates the construction of a laboratory to teach mathematics in a public high school, located in Sao Paulo. We conducted the assessment of a case study to note the relevance of Virtual Reality as a complementary tool to traditional teaching (classroom). This case study validates the steps suggested for this deployment, ensuring its viability.