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Wooorld

Gareth Griffiths
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$9.99 • In‑app purchases Wooorld Inc 2,500+ 3D cities Meta Quest • Mixed reality
Released 25 October 2022 • Google Earth 3D imagery on a standalone headset • Multiplayer • Rated Teen

Wooorld

Wooorld brings Google Earth’s 3D cities and billions of 360° views to a standalone Meta Quest, no PC required. Explore on a map that sits in your real room, take guided tours, play a social geography guessing game with friends and fly around the planet. It is the closest thing to Google Earth VR on a Quest, with a few strings attached.

Developer: Wooorld Inc
Price: $9.99 on the Meta store
Platform: Meta Quest 2, 3, 3S, Pro
Subject: Geography • Landmarks • Travel
6.8
/10
XR School Score
Recommended With Caveats
Google Earth on a standalone Quest • Mixed reality map • Geography guessing game • Mixed reviews • Teen rating • Needs internet
3.5 • Meta store 745 reviews
Mixed
Overview

Wooorld is a world exploration app for Meta Quest headsets from Wooorld Inc, released on 25 October 2022. It uses Google Earth’s 3D catalogue to let you explore more than 2,500 cities in three dimensions, plus billions of 360° Street View style images, without needing a gaming PC. That alone makes it interesting for schools, because Google Earth VR, the original and still the most impressive option, only runs on PC VR.

Over time Wooorld has added a lot: a mixed reality mode where the 3D map appears on a surface in your real room, multiplayer and co‑op exploring, AI‑supported tours, a camera for photos and avatar selfies, a jetpack mode for flying through cities, voice search for quick jumps between places and a social geo‑guessing game. A German review by heise found it the most feature‑rich of the Google Earth style apps on Quest, while noting that newcomers can find the many options and 2D menus overwhelming.

The Geography Guessing Game Wooorld’s guessing game drops players somewhere on Earth and asks them to work out where they are from the landscape, buildings and signs around them. It is an excellent geography skills activity: students have to use clues such as climate, vegetation, architecture and which side of the road cars drive on. Played in pairs or small groups, it gets everyone talking and reasoning.
Ways to Explore
🌏
Mixed reality map
A 3D model of any city appears on a table or floor in your real room.
🗺️
Tours
Guided and AI supported tours of famous places. The AI assistant costs extra.
🧭
Guessing game
Work out where in the world you are from what you can see.
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Explore together
Multiplayer and co‑op modes let several headsets visit places together.
Check Before Using With Under 13s Wooorld is rated Teen on the Meta store, needs an internet connection and includes online multiplayer with other players. For school use, stick to private sessions between your own headsets, turn off or supervise voice chat, and check your school’s policies on online apps. Some features, such as the AI assistant, are paid extras on top of the purchase price.
Wooorld vs Google Earth VR
Feature
Wooorld
Google Earth VR
Hardware
Standalone Quest
Gaming PC and PC VR headset
Price
$9.99 plus optional extras
Free
Mixed reality
Yes
No
Multiplayer
Yes
Single player
Best for
Classroom sets of Quest headsets
The most immersive single station

Also compare Earth Quest, another way to explore the planet on a standalone headset.

Curriculum Value
Geography skills
8.2
Hardware accessibility
8.5
Ease of use
5.5
Reliability (user reviews)
5.5
Classroom safety
5.5
Strengths and Limitations
Strengths
  • Google Earth 3D cities on a standalone Quest
  • Mixed reality map in your real room
  • Geography guessing game builds reasoning skills
  • Multiplayer and co‑op exploring
  • Voice search for fast travel
  • Controllers or hand tracking, seated or standing
Considerations
  • Mixed user reviews: 3.5 stars from 745
  • Rated Teen with online multiplayer
  • Needs a reliable internet connection
  • AI assistant is a paid extra
  • Many features and 2D menus can confuse beginners
  • Less immersive than Google Earth VR
For Teachers: Best With Older Students and Good Wi‑Fi Wooorld suits KS3 and GCSE Geography lessons on place, urban change, landmarks and comparing countries, and its guessing game is a superb starter for map and observation skills. Test it on your school network first, because it streams imagery and needs a good connection. Given the Teen rating and online features, use it with secondary students in private sessions, and give them a clear task, such as finding three examples of urban regeneration in a chosen city.
$9.99
Meta Quest 2, 3, 3S and Pro • Optional in‑app purchases • Internet required
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Quick Facts
Developer
Wooorld Inc
Released
25 October 2022
Price
$9.99 • In‑app purchases
Headsets
Meta Quest 2, 3, 3S, Pro
Rating
3.5 stars from 745 reviews (mixed)
Content
2,500+ 3D cities • Billions of 360° views
Modes
Single user, multiplayer, co‑op • Mixed reality
Internet
Required
Age rating
Teen
Verdict
Wooorld is the best way to bring Google Earth’s 3D world to a class set of standalone Quest headsets, and its mixed reality map and geography guessing game are genuinely useful for teaching. User reviews are mixed, the interface can overwhelm newcomers, and its Teen rating, online features and paid extras need managing in school. For secondary geography departments with Quest headsets and good Wi‑Fi, it is worth trying; if you have a PC VR setup, Google Earth VR remains the more immersive and free choice.
Platform: Meta Quest
Subject: Geography • Travel • Landmarks
Key Stage: KS3 to KS5
Price: $9.99
Review: The XR School, October 2026

Gareth Griffiths

Gareth Griffiths is a scientist and the founder of World of Teaching, a free library of over 1,000 teacher made PowerPoints. He set up The XR School to help teachers, schools and parents find virtual and augmented reality apps that genuinely help young people learn, and to give an honest view of what each app teaches, which headsets it needs and what it costs.