Laboratory work is an interesting and informative way to master the educational material used in the course of teaching physics at schools. The article provides an overview of modern virtual laboratory works on school physics, developed for using in the educational process in the conditions of distance education or in the presence of a shortage of laboratory equipment in a school. The paper analyzes a number of foreign sources published since 2000, examines and compares the advantages and disadvantages of virtual systems for training. In addition, trends in the development of future technologies and applications are identified, requirements for a virtual laboratory for their systematic review and evaluation are formulated, and criteria for evaluating virtual works are proposed. During distance learning, the teacher is not near the students. For that, proposed simplify ways to solve complex physical tasks by virtual concepts of the problem solve algorithm. In conclusion, the authors identify the main shortcomings of virtual laboratories in teaching physics and propose ways to solve these problems based on the achievements of Science and technology.