The discipline of property requires students to be introduced to not only theories and ideas but also to understand and experience physical structures and surroundings. With class sizes increasing and Health and Safety regulations becoming more stringent it is becoming more and more difficult to give students these important experiences. The introduction of a three-dimensional, computer generated environment to university of Auckland property courses has produced a virtual environments enabling our students to virtually experience field trips to active construction sites and other high-risk, complex environments that would be impractical to visit in-person. This VR experience creates a safe environment that students can experience in the safety of the classroom, their own home or other locations such as a café. First year Bachelor of Property students from the University of Auckland have been all been provided with Google cardboard VR headsets. They are low-cost and re-semble a cardboard Viewfinder from the 1980s, with a place to insert a smartphone. When photos and videos are captured on a special 360 degree camera and played on a smartphone, they appear in 3D, creating an immersive experience. As part of their coursework, students took a virtual tour of a construction site at Parnell Terraces, a former leaky building in Auckland, New Zealand, which is being remediated. Through VR, students could also explore the hidden working organs of the home of the University of Auckland Business School, the Sir Owen G Glenn Building, including the heating and cooling equipment on the roof and plant rooms in the basement. This presentation will report on the introduction of VR into the First Year Course “Building Construction” by Dr Michael Rehm who has driven this VR initiative.