Launch of Education Offering at Bett 2025

ENGAGE XR, a leading immersive technology company, will today unveil its comprehensive education offering for the first time at the world-leading EdTech conference, Bett 2025, in London.

Working in partnership with Meta and OptimaED, the US-based, Education Experience Company, the Group will showcase the ENGAGE XR package that has been specifically developed for the K12 education market (kindergarten to the age of 18).

The ENGAGE XR education package allows access to an ENGAGE license so educators can utilise a comprehensive suite of teaching software to enable them to create and share content with pupils. Students can participate in virtual field trips, explore historical events, and engage in hands-on science experiments using curriculum-focused content, all within a safe and controlled digital space. The suite includes:

• School of AI - 22 historical characters for pupils to interact with powered by generative AI
• AI Character Creator - For educators to create their own characters as tutors
• BioLab - provides hundreds of detailed biology models and interactions
• OptimaED Content Demo - 180+ hours of curriculum-focused lessons, over 1300 learning models, and more than 30 immersive field trips

Users will also be able to access the following VR experiences:

• Apollo 11 VR - A virtual reality trip to the moon and back
• Titanic VR - An interactive simulated dive to the shipwreck and recreation of the sinking
• Shuttle Commander- A physics-based flight simulation and Hubble Space Telescope deployment mission
• Titans of Space - A virtual journey through the holographic Solar System

The K12 education market has seen a huge expansion in technology adoption in recent years, including the growing use of virtual teaching tools. Educational institutions around the world have started to incorporate immersive technology into teaching. Immersive technology use is expected to expand considerably following the launch of the Quest 3S headset. At a starting price of $299, the Board of ENGAGE XR believe that the lower cost of this headset when compared to other devices in the market will help remove a significant barrier to adoption.

Group partners Meta and OptimaED, are collaborating with ENGAGE XR to seize this opportunity. Meta is releasing a new management service for the education market later this year, called "Meta for Education", to manage large scale deployment of XR devices, with ENGAGE as a key partner. Over the last 12 months, OptimaED has increased the number of ENGAGE licenses it uses by over 160 per cent, with further growth projected in 2025.

David Whelan, CEO, ENGAGE XR said: "The ENGAGE XR education package enables teachers and students to connect, collaborate, create and explore in ways that transcends traditional classroom boundaries. Our education offer has been developed to offer schools and colleges a competitive option in terms of hardware and software pricing which is a key consideration for educators exploring the immersive learning space. We are excited about collaborating with Meta and OptimaED, and looking ahead, we anticipate significant growth opportunities in the global education sector as the price of headsets continues to fall."