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How to sign your child up for the Virtual Laboratories

VR Labs Africa · 10 November 2026 · 2 min read

You can give your child access to the Virtual Laboratories from home in a few minutes. Accounts are created on vr-labs.ru, the VR Labs platform. Here is how.

What you need

a computer or laptop with an up-to-date web browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari);
an internet connection;
an email address you check regularly.

For younger children, we recommend that you create the account using your own email address, so you stay in control.

Step by step

Open the sign-up page. Select Sign up at the top of this website. The VR Labs sign-in page opens in a new tab.
Choose "Sign up". At the bottom of the sign-in page, select the Sign up link. You can change the page language from the list at the top.
Fill in the form. Enter an email address, a password (twice) and a first and last name. Use your child's first name if they will be the main user.
Submit and confirm. Send the form. If you are asked to confirm your email address, open the message and follow the link.
Log in. Return to the sign-in page and log in with the email and password you chose.
Choose a lab. Pick a lab that matches what your child is studying, for example Mechanics, Optics, Inorganic chemistry or The World Around Us, and start the free trial.

Keeping going after the trial

When you are ready, licences can be bought on the VR Labs portal. Each licence is for one user and one lab, and can be used at home and at school. Ask your child's school too: if the school has licences, your child may already have access.

Forgotten password?

Use Forgot Password? on the sign-in page to reset it.

Getting help

If anything goes wrong, contact us at phinetechltd@gmail.com or 0100410121, or use our account help form. We will guide you through it.

Tips for the first session

Sit with your child for the first 15 minutes.
Ask them to show you what they are doing and explain it.
Pick one experiment and finish it, rather than clicking through many.