The École de Design Nantes Atlantique is one of France’s leading design schools. At the start of the 2024 academic year, it moved into the Laval Virtual Center facilities and created four new immersive design courses. As part of its commitment to immersive…
A new way of learning with the XR platform Dexr Stage
17 January 2025
Every year, the Laval Virtual Awards ceremony rewards the best VR / AR projects of the year. In 2024, twelve prizes were given to highlight immersive companies and XR creators. Among the winning projects, Dexr Stage won in the category “#Startups”, a learning…
The Power of VR for Education
4 September 2024
I am writing from Women Rise, nine months on from the first workshops we ran for BackpackX, our VR education initiative with a focus on educating children from marginalised communities in regions where the educational systems are broken or non-existent.
What is…
Arts et Métiers: at the heart of VR/AR research
5 April 2024
Arts et Métiers is a higher education institution that trains engineers and managers for industry and research. The Laval branch focuses its education programme on immersive technologies and 3D. In 2023, its Presence & Innovation research team created the…
Vigo Creative, VR studio for gaming and training
28 March 2024
Vigo Creative is a Belgian design studio specialising in gaming and training. Its main products are serious games and virtual reality training, with the aim of making these experiences as immersive as possible. The team will be at Laval Virtual on April 10-12, 2024, on booth…
Supported by the European Commission, XR2Learn is a project that aims to democratise the creation and use of XR applications for education. XR2Learn provides a platform to connect developers, designers, suppliers, education experts, decision-makers and users. XR2Learn will…


