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Maroon
Graz, Austria
What it is
Maroon is a free, open source immersive physics laboratory for interactive learning, simulations, and experiments. Learners approach a station and teleport into a room containing its lesson, simulation, or experiment. Activities are designed around active learning, with students participating in the learning process. Listed physics material includes Coulomb’s Law, Falling Coil, Faraday’s Law, Huygens’ Principle, Point Wave, Pendulum, Van de Graaff, and Optics, along with titration and sorting experiments. In the optics activity, users can change parameters and receive real-time visual feedback while exploring reflection, refraction, lenses, and fiber optics. Maroon supports experiment authoring and can run in a browser. Downloadable versions are offered for Windows PCs and virtual reality. Developed with Unity at Graz University of Technology, the project is hosted on GitHub and welcomes contributions, issue reports, and pull requests. Students are invited to add functionality, VR experiences, learning experiences, and physics experiments. SHA-256 checksums are published for Windows and VR archives.
For and against
For
- Free and open source
- Browser, Windows, and VR access
- Interactive simulations support active learning
- Includes varied physics experiments
- Supports experiment authoring
Against
- VR requires a separate downloadable version
- Some activities involve multiple subjects beyond physics
- Contribution participation is hosted through GitHub
The verdict
Maroon provides an open source laboratory with browser, Windows, and VR access and a broad set of interactive experiments. Its authoring and contribution model can support learners who want to explore or extend educational content.
Who it suits
Maroon suits students and educators seeking interactive physics learning in a browser, on Windows, or through virtual reality, especially those interested in contributing experiments.
On the record
- Access
- Maroon can be run in a browser or downloaded for Windows and virtual reality.maroon.tugraz.at · read 9 Oct 2026
- Adaptable optics
- In the optics experiment, users can change parameters and see real-time visual feedback while exploring reflection, refraction, lenses, and fiber optics.maroon.tugraz.at · read 9 Oct 2026
- Browser access
- The site says Maroon can run in a browser.maroon.tugraz.at · read 4 Oct 2026
- Checksums
- The site publishes SHA-256 checksums for the Windows PC and VR download archives.maroon.tugraz.at · read 9 Oct 2026
- Experiments
- Listed experiments include Coulomb’s Law, Faraday’s Law, a pendulum, optics, titration and sorting algorithms.maroon.tugraz.at · read 4 Oct 2026
- How it works
- Users approach a station and teleport to a room containing its learning content, simulation, or experiment.maroon.tugraz.at · read 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The site describes flexible integration of interactive learning experiences but does not name third-party integrations.maroon.tugraz.at · read 9 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The site invites students to contribute functionality, VR experiences and learning experiences, including physics experiments.maroon.tugraz.at · read 4 Oct 2026
- Learning approach
- The simulations are designed for active learning and involve students in the learning process.maroon.tugraz.at · read 9 Oct 2026
- Open source
- Maroon is an open source project hosted on GitHub, and the site invites users to contribute ideas, report issues, or create pull requests.maroon.tugraz.at · read 9 Oct 2026
- Other subjects
- The site also lists titration and sorting experiments.maroon.tugraz.at · read 9 Oct 2026
- Physics experiments
- Listed physics experiments include Coulomb's Law, Falling Coil, Faraday's Law, Huygens' Principle, Point Wave, Pendulum, Van de Graaff, and Optics.maroon.tugraz.at · read 9 Oct 2026
- Product
- Maroon is an immersive physics laboratory for interactive learning experiences, simulations and experiments.maroon.tugraz.at · read 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Maroon is an immersive physics laboratory for interactive learning experiences.maroon.tugraz.at · read 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- The site directs people interested in contributing or pursuing a thesis topic to contact Johanna Pirker by email.maroon.tugraz.at · read 9 Oct 2026
- Technology
- The lab is developed using Unity software at Graz University of Technology.maroon.tugraz.at · read 9 Oct 2026
- Virtual reality
- The site offers a downloadable version for virtual reality.maroon.tugraz.at · read 4 Oct 2026
- Windows download
- The site offers a downloadable Windows PC version.maroon.tugraz.at · read 4 Oct 2026
