Biology Dissection Lab
What Is It?
Biology Dissection Lab is a purpose-built VR learning app from Xennial Digital, developed in close collaboration with experienced biology teachers and subject matter experts. It gives students a fully guided, immersive dissection experience across five classic specimens — without a single physical animal, scalpel injury, or bottle of formalin.
The core design philosophy is preparation and unlimited practice. Real school dissections typically give students one opportunity per specimen — VR removes that constraint entirely. Students can repeat a dissection as many times as they need, make mistakes without consequence, and arrive at a physical lab session with genuine prior experience of the procedure and the anatomy.
It's available in two versions: a standard single-device licence purchased directly from the Meta Quest Store, and a Pro campus version requiring an annual licence through Xennial directly, designed for whole-school deployment via MDM platforms like ArborXR and ManageXR.
The Five Specimens
Each specimen comes with an anatomy gallery for pre-dissection study, followed by a fully guided dissection using virtual scalpel, scissors and forceps. Both external and internal anatomy are covered in detail.
What Makes It Stand Out
How to Use It
There are three distinct ways Biology Dissection Lab fits into a school biology programme:
What People Are Saying
"Our aim with the VR Dissection Lab is to offer a tool for biology students to practise their dissections unlimited times before they have to actually dissect the physical animals — as they only get one shot at each dissection."
"This very cool tool and innovative learning experience eliminates the need for physical specimens… students gain hands-on experience in a fully immersive environment."
All verified purchasers on the Meta Quest Store have awarded the app a 5-star rating. The sample size is small but the unanimity is encouraging — no negative ratings recorded at the time of review.
XR School Scores
Biology Dissection Lab is among the most practically useful VR education apps available for secondary science. It was built by and for biology teachers, covers the five specimens that appear most commonly in school programmes, and addresses a real logistical problem — the irreversibility of physical dissection — in a way that genuinely improves learning outcomes. At $65.99 for unlimited use on a single device, it represents solid value, and the Pro campus licence makes whole-school rollout straightforward. Highly recommended for any secondary biology department with Quest headsets.
PICO XR deployments are available directly through Xennial — not via the Meta Store. Contact the team for pricing and deployment options.