As Director of Educators in VR, I may move quickly through VR, yet never forget what, and who, it takes to make our work in immersive education and teacher training work. Thank you with all my heart and that of our EDVR Team to ENGAGE XR for their unwavering and groundbreaking support since early 2019. Together, we have witnessed and helped shape the extraordinary evolution of immersive education. ENGAGE XR has been our trusted platform of choice for delivering transformative learning experiences.
Along our shared journey, we’ve learned many lessons.
Lesson One: ENGAGE XR isn’t just a platform—it’s a revolution in education. From the moment we began hosting our free, public educational events on their platform, we knew we were working with true pioneers. The commitment of the ENGAGE XR team to advancing immersive education mirrors our own passion for ensuring no teacher steps into VR without proper training and support, and the tools they need to change the lives and learning process of their students.
🚀 Lesson 2: Pioneering Innovation That Changes Everything
ENGAGE XR continues to break new ground with innovations that seemed like science fiction just years ago. As one of the first to offer an AI NPC in XR, this technology has opened doors we never imagined—allowing our educators and students to engage with historical figures through their revolutionary School of AI, featuring 22+ AI-powered historical characters. Watching teachers and students have genuine conversations with Marie Curie, Benjamin Franklin, and Amelia Earhart has been nothing short of magical.
I personally spent an hour with Benjamin Franklin and Rosa Parks discussing their definitions, perspectives, and hope for liberty and freedom, and 30 minutes with Socrates that forever changed my perspective on his courage to stand his ground to defend his deeply held philosophical convictions to abide by the laws of the state, even when those laws might be flawed or their application unjust. Magical is so easy a description. It was transformative.
Their AI Character Creator empowers educators to build personalized AI tutors, transforming how we approach individualized learning. This isn’t just technology—it’s the future of education, available today. It’s not just a Star Trek holodeck experience, it is playing with Moriarty!
🎨 Lesson 3: Tools That Empower Educators
What sets ENGAGE XR apart is their deep understanding of educators‘ needs. Their innovative features have become essential tools in our teaching arsenal:
- Interactive whiteboards and blackboards that support up to 70 remote users simultaneously
- Sticky notes to define objects and concepts, to brainstorm, and play games
- Spatial recordings for dynamic lesson planning
- Native 3D models and IFX library featuring everything from NASA models to flying dinosaurs
- Immersive environments ranging from Asian palaces to lunar surfaces and the ability to import our own customized educational Unity environments and models.
- The Experience Editor adds dynamic interactive experiences as easy as editing a video.
- Mixed Reality integration with tools like the Logitech MX Ink stylus
- ENGAGE XR Champions Program allows educators, students, researchers, and others to test drive the pro version to explore its potential.
These aren’t just features—they’re educational superpowers and magic wands that allow teachers to create experiences that transcend traditional classroom boundaries.
🌍 Lesson 4: Distinguished Company
We’re honored to stand alongside powerhouse organizations and prestigious institutions that trust ENGAGE XR for their immersive education initiatives. Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab, Oxford University, KPMG, Bank of America, PwC, Lenovo, and Meta Platforms all recognize what we’ve known since 2019—ENGAGE XR is the gold standard for professional immersive education and collaboration.
Their partnerships with educational giants like OptimaED and their selection for the world’s first VR charter school in Florida demonstrate the platform’s real-world impact on thousands of students daily.
We regularly hear from teachers and faculty telling us that they chose ENGAGE XR not just for its features, but because Educators in VR chose and use the platform. We so appreciate that complement. Since 2018, EDVR has taught workshops and programs on over 28 different VR platforms. We can work on any VR platform, but we know what works, and what doesn’t work, and we stay with ENGAGE XR because it sets the standards for the rest to follow.
💫 Lesson 5: A Legacy of Educational Excellence
Educators in VR developed standards to teach teachers and faculty how to teach in VR. The barriers and affordances in immersive education include compliance with privacy, accessibility, and safety standards to ensure the needs of the students, teachers, and schools are met.
Since 2018, ENGAGE XR has been more than a technology provider—they’ve been co-creators of the future of education. Their ISO 27001 certification, GDPR compliance, and enterprise-grade security give educators the confidence to innovate safely. Their platform supports everything from intimate classroom discussions to massive conferences, always maintaining the human connection that makes learning meaningful.
Research from Stanford University consistently shows that VR increases student engagement, improves retention by up to 75%, and enhances empathy through experiential learning. ENGAGE XR makes these research findings a daily reality for educators worldwide.
🙏 Our Gratitude Runs Deep
To David Whelan and the entire ENGAGE XR team: Thank you for believing in the power of immersive education before it was mainstream. Thank you for creating a platform that doesn’t just host events—it creates transformative experiences. Thank you for your relentless innovation and the courage to embrace cutting-edge technology to bring us the Star Trek Holodeck experience, with a little Reading Player One thrown in for fun.
Most importantly, thank you for understanding that technology serves education, not the other way around. Your platform has enabled us to train educators from around the globe, host hundreds of free public events annually, and build a global community passionate about immersive learning.
The future of education is here, and it’s beautiful. Together, we’re not just keeping pace with change—we’re leading it.
Here’s to continued innovation, deeper partnerships, and the countless students whose lives will be transformed by what we’re building together.
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