VR for education

Nature’s Wonderland R+D with Arts Council Wales

We’ve been working on an Arts Council of Wales R+D project titled “Nature’s Wonderland,” a participatory virtual reality project delving into the parallels between human cohesion and natural ecosystems. In […]

Exploring the Future of Education with Museums: Virtual Reality in Welsh Classrooms

By Richard P Jones In a bid to modernize museum’s contribution to education and align with the new curriculum priorities for Wales, an innovative pilot program was introduced at a […]

Taking Heritage Collections (in VR) into Schools

In collaboration with Rhondda Heritage Services and GEM Cymru (Group for Education in Museums), Vision Fountain is embarking on a small-scale intervention to explore innovative approaches for museums to engage […]

Conservation Matters 2023 Conference

It was a pleasure to speak at the Conservation Matters 2023 Wales Conference Wednesday. I introduced the concept of putting collections into virtual reality experiences to give a WOW factor […]

Virtual Reality at ZenFest

We were invited to participate in Zenfest, organized by Caerphilly County Council Borough, at events held at Markham Sports Hall & Risca Library. Both located in the Welsh valleys and […]

Taking Virtual Reality to Young Carers in Merthyr

(Y fersiwn Gymraeg isod) We recently visited the Young Carers Service on the Gurnos Estate, Merthyr. The careers are managed by Barnardoes. We wanted to give the young people the […]

VR Scoping Workshop with YMCA / Young Carers

Vision Fountain recently had the pleasure of taking Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality head-sets for some Young Carers to try. Young carers are people less than 18 years old who […]

Story Futures – AR Workshop

The Story Futures 2-day AR (augmented reality) workshop that took place in the Tramshed, Cardiff was a fantastic learning and networking experience. The event brought together some heavy weight talent […]

VR at Ysgol Hen Felin (ALN School)

A couple of days ago we had the pleasure to visit, demonstrate and do more testing of the virtual reality (VR) cultural experinces at Ysgol Hen Felin additional learning needs […]

Virtual Reality at Additional Learning Needs Schools

We recently had the pleasure of visiting The Hollies School in Cardiff. Hollies is an Additional Learning Needs school environment. At Vision Fountain’s core is inclusivity. So it was a […]