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The growth and popularity of virtual science laboratories have skyrocketed all over the world in recent years due to the covid-19 pandemic. India has also adopted the idea of remote learning, but the overall utilization of virtual science labs to complement remote science learning has been slow and inadequate so far. This article aims to introduce the Indian audience to the world of three relatively new virtual laboratories (Beyond Labz, Labster, and Praxilabs) that can be useful for undergraduate science education. The salient features, experimental demonstration, and merits and demerits of these three platforms have been discussed in this article.
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Senapati, S. Peeking into the Sophisticated World of Interactive Science Simulations. Reson 27, 1971–1983 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-022-1493-0
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