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Design Simulation Technologies Releases Interactive Physics for the Web

The classroom physics simulation software now runs in any current web browser — on Chromebooks, iPads, Windows and Mac computers — with nothing to install

(Canton, MI) – November 5, 2026 – DST (Design Simulation Technologies, Inc.; www.design-simulation.com) today announced Interactive Physics for the web, a browser-based edition of Interactive Physics, the award-winning physics simulation software used in classrooms for more than thirty years. Built on the sam eproven ands trusted physics engine as Interactive Physics Version 10, the web edition brings virtually every modeling feature of the desktop software to the devices schools already use — including Chromebooks and iPads — together with a library of more than 200 ready-to-use models, cloud file storage, and Google Classroom™ sharing.

Runs on the Devices Schools Already Have

Interactive Physics for the web runs in current versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari on Chromebook™ laptops, iPads, Android tablets, and Windows and Mac computers. There is nothing to download or install, and nothing for a school’s IT department to deploy: students open a web page, sign in, and start simulating. On phones, students can run and explore models; building is best on a tablet or computer.

Interactive Physics can also be installed from the browser as an app, and it keeps working without a connection for models that have already been opened — useful in classrooms where the network is unreliable.

The Same Interactive Physics, in a Browser

The web edition is not a viewer for a handful of pre-built simulations. It uses the same physics engine as the desktop version, so models behave exactly as they do on the desktop, and it includes virtually every modeling feature:

• bodies, springs, ropes, dampers, pins, slots, gears, pulleys, actuators and motors
• gravity, air resistance, collisions and friction
• meters, live graphs and data tables, with export to CSV
• sliders, buttons and formulas to control a model as it runs
• reference frames, tracking, vectors, pictures, and pause and stop conditions
• Undo and Step Back, and Basic and Advanced modes to match the level of the course

Interactive Physics model files open in both directions: models built in the desktop version open in the browser, and models saved in the browser open on the desktop.

A Ready-Made Library of More Than 200 Models

Teachers can start on the first day. The built-in library includes every curriculum model and physics experiment that ships with Interactive Physics — more than 200 in all — plus a set of featured models, covering mechanics, energy, momentum, oscillations, projectiles, collisions, pulleys and more. Every model opens with one click and is ready to run, change, and assign.

Design Your Own Experiments — and Explore on Your Own

Many physics websites offer a fixed collection of simulations someone else designed: students move the sliders they were given and watch what the author decided to show. Interactive Physics includes ready-made models too, and it gives teachers and students the tools to go further. A teacher can build exactly the experiment a lesson needs, or adapt an existing model in minutes. A student can draw their own model to test an idea — add a spring, change a shape, attach a meter — and see what the physics does.

When a lesson calls for focus, teachers can save a model so that it opens in Student view, which keeps the screen simple: run, explore and measure. A model displayed in Student view can be locked so students cannot change it; the teacher can unlock it at any time.

“Schools have moved to Chromebooks and iPads, and teachers wanted Interactive Physics there,” said Alan Wegienka, president of Design Simulation Technologies. “This isn’t a viewer for a few canned simulations. It’s Interactive Physics — the same engine and the same tools — so a teacher can build exactly the experiment the lesson needs, and a student can try out an idea of their own and watch the physics happen.”

Cloud Files and Classroom Sharing

Models can be opened and saved on the device, in Google Drive™ (including Drive’s “Open with”), or in Microsoft OneDrive. Teachers can share models to Google Classroom, and students can open a model straight from a shared Drive or Classroom link. Models stay in the school’s or student’s own storage: DST never stores them.

Available in Eight Languages

Interactive Physics for the web is available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese (Brazilian), and Spanish.

Availability

Interactive Physics for the web is available immediately at ip.design-simulation.com. Users sign in with a Google or Microsoft account — personal, work or school. Annual licenses are available for individual teachers and students, and as school packs of 10 to 100 named seats that students and teachers join with a join code. Free evaluations are available on request at www.design-simulation.com/IPWeb/demo.php, and visitors can try live models without signing in at www.design-simulation.com/IPWeb.

About DST

DST develops physics-based simulation software. The company’s products are used by engineering professionals to build and test virtual models of their mechanical designs, and by STEM educators and students in the classroom to teach and learn about physics and engineering kinematics, dynamics, and machine design.

With DST’s SimWise 4D, Working Model 2D, and Dynamic Designer products, users evaluate design performance by conducting complete, accurate simulations. Engineers, professors, and students can quickly perform “what-if” analyses, find and correct design problems, plus refine and validate designs without the need for physical prototypes.

Students in high school and college use Interactive Physics, DST’s award-winning educational software, to explore and understand the physical world through simulation.

DST develops, markets, and supports these software tools for commercial and academic users worldwide. Selected DST products are available from leading CAD suppliers and CAE resellers. Learn more by visiting the DST website at www.design-simulation.com.

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