Teaching in the lab through virtual reality [Apprendere in laboratorio tramite la realtà virtuale]

This contribution proposes a reflection on a virtual training experience carried out in a uni- versity through the use of 3D viewers. The project arose in response to the need posed by the pandemic period to reduce interaction and the use of tools. Hence, the idea of experimenting with laboratory didactics through virtual reality. The research group started to reflect on the experience, trying to systematize an interpretative view that overcomes certain classical an- timonies (real/virtual; concrete world and imaginary world). What emerges is an interpretative matrix that is still in progress and is intended to serve as a key for identifying possible lines of didactic action, beyond forcing positions in the given categories. Without claiming to be a systematicreview,theworkaimstoofferstartingpointforreflection amoreintegratedview of the use of virtual reality in education.