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Igloo for healthcare

A proven, effective tool for the healthcare industry. Igloo is trusted by healthcare professionals and trainers from all corners of the world. 

From therapeutic treatment to medical marketing, an Igloo immersive space is an effective, all-purpose tool for supporting multiple use cases in healthcare settings. 

Immersive rooms work a lot like VR headsets, surrounding you in a chosen environment – the Igloo difference? Due to the space afforded, it is always a shared experience. 

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Trusted across the industry

Hospitals, healthcare providers, medical technology companies, medical schools, and other healthcare professionals have all used Igloo immersive technology for: 

  • Simulating healthcare facilities for medical students 
  • Medical marketing to launch new treatments and techniques 
  • Delivering lectures to remotely located medical students 
  • Giving behind-the-scenes tours of how new techniques and solutions are developed
  • Creating safe environments for immersion therapy 
  • Creating repeatable simulated training scenarios with no risk to patients 
  • Immersing whole groups in training scenarios for better teamwork and collaboration 
  • Walking patients through their procedures 

Why Igloo in healthcare?

An ever-growing medical library
Igloo Core Engine, the software platform that powers Igloo immersive spaces, integrates with an ever-growing variety of specialist software, ensuring you have a consistent and expanding library of content to use in your system. Integrations with medical content already available include ThingLink, CenarioVR, WarpVR and Metaverse Learning.

Reassure those receiving treatment
Some clients have used Igloo to walk patients through their procedures to reassure them and put their minds at ease due to Igloo providing visualisation and clarity that other solutions simply cannot.

The ultimate training tool
In a sector where accuracy is essential, immersive spaces lend the ultimate validity to learning - with no risk to patients. Many clients have used Igloo to train the next generation of healthcare professionals in the environments they’ll soon inhabit. They are able to craft repeatable, highly controlled training scenarios and measure key performance metrics with digital tools.

The closest thing to working in the field
Bring in props and real-life equipment to enhance the learning experience, use 360° footage of existing hospital wards, or use game engines to create interactive simulations to give medical students a safe environment to learn in. Practice complex procedures and techniques in groups and provide the essential instant feedback and communication that is not possible with headsets.

Stand out from the competition
Display medical advancements or new products and procedures with Igloo. Craft an experience that people will remember at internal events, trade shows or on-site.

Get all the benefits of immersive technology - without the headset

If you’re investing in immersive technology - whether for education, research, simulation, marketing, whatever - an Igloo shared immersive space is the ideal way to make more of it. 

For teaching and simulation, you can share the experience with whole classes as well as bringing in physical props such as medical mannequins and medical devices. 

For medical marketing, you can use wraparound sound and vision to showcase your new product or technique - and make your message stick. 

You can transport whole audiences on behind-the-scenes tours of your facilities to give insight into your credentials. 

And all the above can be done in a shared immersive space that allows participants to still make eye contact, engage face-to-face, and collaborate without the isolation of a headset.  

But don't just take our word for it...

See how Igloo clients benefit from shared immersive experiences...

What our clients say

“It really brings everything to life, it’s not just something you see on a page. You can get inside what you’re learning about, and it makes things stick better in your mind when you can physically see the content.” 

"I feel like the Immersion Room gives them more of a sense of real life, of what that [medical] environment would actually feel like, with people who are in life form, moving around you, talking around you. It gives you the feeling of being in that moment at the time, that's something the students can now experience prior to going on placements or graduating." 

“It’s been our goal to transport any student to any destination in Australia - perhaps a rural environment or a hospital area they might find it hard to access. Being able to recreate that within our simulation lab with 360° video and immersion, and walk-in and really feel like they’re there in that environment, definitely provides context to the learner.” 

“The Igloo has inspired students and opened new viewpoints of what can be done in the moving image field, and we’re excited to see what students make next!” 

Get in touch

In our 15+ year track record, Igloos have been used by clients all over the world to deliver training in a shared immersive environment.

So, please, get in touch to tell us about your ideas and see how Igloo can bring them to life.