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With World Book Day coming up this Thursday, we’ve been using our immersive spaces to bring storytelling to life! 📖

The children loved interacting with the Harry Potter scene and making potions! 🪄 They also danced in the Serengeti whilst listening to the book ‘Giraffes can’t Dance’. 🦒

To find out more about Immersive Reality, visit our website! 👉 https://www.immersivereality.co.uk/

There are many differences between VR headsets and shared, immersive spaces.

Our latest blog post discusses the differences between these 2 forms of technology, and their pros and cons for different situations. ✅

Read the full blog post about why VR still isn’t as immersive as it should be here 👉 https://www.immersivereality.co.uk/vr-immersive/

Today is the start of Children’s Mental Health Week, which takes place from the 6th - 12th February 2023. ✨

The theme for this year’s event is ‘Let’s Connect’ - connection is vital for our wellbeing. When we have healthy connections – to family, friends and others – this can support our mental health and our sense of wellbeing. 🤝

Immersive spaces have many scenes which are specifically designed to benefit mental health - find out more here 👉 https://www.immersivereality.co.uk/

Learn more about Children’s Mental Health Week 👉 https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/

Immersive spaces benefit mental health in many ways! 🧠 They can:

🔵 Reduce negative symptoms such as anxiety, stress, fear and anger
🔵 Virtually expose users to stimuli that elicit fear, to help build resilience in a controlled and safe environment
🔵 Create or enhance a positive mood state
🔵 Improve the working memory
🔵 Increase concentration

To find out more about how immersive spaces improve mental health, as well as many of its other benefits, visit our Evidence Based Research page 👉 https://www.immersivereality.co.uk/research/

We’re pleased to announce that we have been featured in SEN Magazine! 🎉

The amazing Shazia Sarwar-Azim penned the article for the magazine, recounting her experiences of using Immersive Reality spaces to support sensory regulation and to engage children back into their learning journey. ✨

“Children reported that being teleported to new realms and experiences opened their imagination up to a whole host of endless possibilities of what the world and beyond has to offer.” 🌎

Read more here 👉 https://www.immersivereality.co.uk/sen-magazine-serengeti/

Forget Blue Monday, and celebrate ✨Brew Monday✨ with us today instead! ☕

Blue Monday is just a made up marketing gimmick, created in 2005 to help a travel company sell holidays. 🏖️

Today, Samaritans are highlighting the unhelpful mental health stereotypes it perpetuates - we all have bad days, and they have nothing to do with a random Monday in January! 📅

So, if you fancy binning off Blue Monday, then join Samaritans in celebrating ✨Brew Monday✨ instead - all you have to do is reach out for a cuppa and a catch-up with the people closest to you. ☕

For more information 👉 https://www.samaritans.org/support-us/campaign/brew-monday/

We’ve just published our first article of 2023, which focuses on using immersive spaces for meditation, and the amazing effects this has had on mental health! 🧠

Written by Shazia Sarwar-Azim, the article explains how Immersive Meditation Sanctuaries have helped children to learn about reducing stress levels and anxiety through practising mindfulness. 🧘

Read the full blog post here ➡️ https://www.immersivereality.co.uk/immersive-meditation/

Happy New Year from all of us here at Immersive Reality! 🎉

We’re so excited for the projects we have planned for 2023. 📝

Work has begun on a new digital learning and skills hub in , which is being created by . Read more here: https://orlo.uk/digital_hub_FPWlP Immersive Reality Ltd Barnwood Trust
* Image supplied by Roberts Limbrick Architects