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What is Immersive Reality?

Immersive Reality is a dedicated shared space, combining HD-quality projection on multiple walls and floors with stunning audio to produce multi-dimensional sensory experiences.

Outstanding 360-degree video, ultrahigh resolution images and dramatic computer-generated virtual reality scenes render truly enthralling educational content that intrigues, stimulates and excites students of all ages and abilities.

It’s a room that promotes group participation and interaction, following the principles of ‘sticky learning’, that help students retain information forever and not just long enough to pass exams.

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Why Immersive Reality?

Immersive Reality is a ground-breaking technology that bridges the gap between imagination and reality.

It is the next step forward in education and benefits both teachers and students alike.

Educators are able to capture the attention of their pupils like never before and get them more actively involved in their learning in an exciting and fun way.

It promotes the ‘sticky curriculum’ through stimulating content and the generation of enthralling immersive experiences for anyone, of any age, ability or interests. Our bespoke content enhances all subjects to promote an engaging, inclusive group experience and is created on a gaming platform, which is familiar to and comfortable for many students.

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Where can Immersive Reality be used?

Immersive Reality can be readily employed in a variety of educational settings to improve student learning through a knowledge-rich curriculum.

Among these are: Special needs schools Immersive Reality is readily employed to great effect in special needs education, it can provide fully immersive realities for people with disabilities that they otherwise may not be able to experience.

Through the use of this technology, pupils can engage with a variety of environments and landscapes like never before. By using projection instead of VR headsets, which isolate and can unnerve, students and teachers can encounter and navigate these things together, creating unique opportunities for group participation and social interaction Anyone can live and enjoy a huge array of activities in the Immersive Reality space. Those likely to draw in youngsters include paragliding, horseriding and scuba diving, which their physical mobility may prevent or hinder in real life.

This allows people with special needs to develop key skills and encourage independence, whilst providing many adventures to worlds they may never encounter ‘in the flesh’.

Simulation experiences also help students practice everyday tasks, processes and events in a safe and guided environment, building confidence to take on the real world.

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Primary An Immersive Reality space in a primary setting will enhance any subject, whatever the key stage. It takes children on an inspiring and stimulating learning adventure together that promotes long-term memories.

There is significant evidence and research around the improvement of students’ creative writing skills through ‘real life’ experiences, such as Immersive Reality or VR. But whilst VR doesn’t allow multiple children to be involved simultaneously, this is where Immersive Reality excels.

Exploring RE, history, geography, science, creative writing, music, art, IT and non-statutory curriculum subjects with one’s peer group in an Immersive Reality space is exciting, whatever the pupils’ age.

Content is key and we continue to develop and enhance our existing scenes to match the requirements of primary schools, thereby creating captivating, enriching, and inspiring learning spaces.

The inclusion of an Immersive Reality system in any school shows its governing or inspection bodies that the establishment strives to do the very best for pupils there.

Secondary An Immersive Reality area allows students to become fully absorbed in their surroundings, creating many educational, engaging, and awe-inspiring learning experiences for them.

By harnessing its almost limitless power and possibilities, you can stimulate and motivate students like never before.

With an Immersive Reality space, the school can virtually take students to any location at any time, to promote learning in a truly inspiring way. Go back to the fateful maiden voyage of the Titanic, blast off into space aboard Apollo 11 on its voyage to the Moon, discover the animals that inhabit the rainforest or take a walk across the Serengeti. The possibilities are endless.

The benefits of using the system in a secondary setting are obvious. It allows teachers to educate in an exciting and thought-provoking way, with students taught in a dedicated, fascinating and engrossing environment, which promotes exceptional learning as they work, laugh, discover together. www.immersivereality.ie 07

Sticky curriculum Sticky learning is second nature in an Immersive Reality setting, ensuring a lasting impact on pupils.

It reinforces what is being taught, so it becomes part of the student’s long-term memory. As such, there is a profound impact not only on their thinking and reflection in the immediate setting, but their actions and behaviours in situations far beyond the classroom.

As we become more aware of the elements of learning and memory and are able to make some shifts in our pedagogy and content delivery, we can truly become agents of transformation for our pupils, but that requires teachers to accept radical advances that have emerged since most received their training.

Utilising new technology has always been at the forefront of the innovative educator’s thinking and an Immersive Reality space takes us into the realms of what would have been impossible science fiction only a few years ago.

Being able to take students anywhere to learn about anything is simply incredible. It creates enduringly impactful experiences for children upon which they can build and develop their knowledge and long-term memory.

An Immersive Reality system is the ultimate way to teach the sticky curriculum, with new content developed in line with the prescribed syllabus delivered direct to the school, rather than traditional text formats.

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Bespoke Content Amazing sound and visuals are at the heart of great experiences.

Immersive Reality spaces come packed full of high-quality superb content, all designed to promote stimulating learning for all ages and abilities.

Our in-house content producers work hard to provide striking and engaging material that is suitable for any age or ability. This means we can tailor our systems to cater for every educational stage, from primary schools all the way to university and beyond.

We understand that you may require unique material to suit specific subjects and learner needs, your local surroundings or to reinforce your school ethos. With this in mind, our bespoke content creation service ensures you receive the most engaging experience possible to enhance real and lasting learning.

We also offer a subscription package, so the very latest instalments are delivered directly into your space every month.

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Peace of Mind We always make the process of installing and using your immersive environment easy, enjoyable and rewarding.

Our vast experience and knowledge in the field will guide you through every step of the process, from design to purchase, set-up to training and, finally, creating the content you want for your students – literally bringing your vision to life.

Depending on the size of your room, installation can take as little as two days!

Specify

Training

Our experts can provide advice on room location and size and specify the equipment required. We offer plenty of choices to ensure your Immersive Reality space meets your exact budget and high standards.

Although an Immersive Reality space is incredibly easy to use, we still take the time to show you how to do so. Backed up by informative videos, our simple training package sees to it that you get the most from your new system.

Installation

Support

Installation of an Immersive Reality space is completed by highly skilled engineers in conjunction with your staff to ensure we meet your specific requirements. Clean and quick, our technicians guarantee the minimum disruption to your students, staff and premises.

Remote support is provided by our hugely experienced software engineers, based in the UK and Eire. In addition, your highly trained local representative can attend on-site, to discuss your queries and individual needs.

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