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Earlier this month, IMMERSE reached another milestone in our ongoing partnership with Meta. Our team was invited to join Meta's booth at THE AI SHOW @ ASU+GSV in San Diego, where Dr. Misty Wilson and Dr. Tricia Thrasher demonstrated our immersive language learning platform alongside other innovative partners. After years of pioneering work, it's exciting to see the growing momentum for immersive learning across education and corporate training.
From 2017 to 2025: Oculus Prototype to #1 Meta for Education Partner
IMMERSE has been pioneering immersive language learning since 2018, when we built our first 3DoF (three degrees of freedom) VR prototype on the Oculus Go. While competitors were still figuring out what VR might mean for education, we were already creating live, interactive language experiences.
We evolved with the technology, transitioning to 6DoF VR on the Oculus Quest, and today our platform runs on both the best-selling Quest 3 and Quest 3s headsets as well as desktop environments, giving organizations flexible implementation options while maintaining our cutting-edge VR capabilities.
Throughout this journey, our core objective has remained constant: creating the first truly interactive educational world where learners interact with other learners and expert language trainers in a shared virtual environment.
In June 2022, we reached a crucial milestone when IMMERSE partnered with Meta to launch the first-ever educational virtual world on Meta's app store. Today, IMMERSE has become the #1 ranked Meta for Education solution used by over 200,000 learners across 93 countries.
What This Partnership Means for Organizations
For HR Administrators and Program Owners
Meta recognizes IMMERSE as the gold standard in immersive language training. This partnership represents a solution thoroughly vetted and endorsed by the world's leading technology innovator. The IMMERSE platform is designed to minimize administrative overhead, with easy deployment and clear reporting metrics that help program owners demonstrate value to leadership.
For International Employees
The IMMERSE platform provides international employees with contextual language practice that builds real-world confidence. Rather than traditional classroom anxiety, learners experience a low-pressure virtual environment where they can apply new skills immediately. The platform's adaptive pacing ensures each participant progresses at their optimal rate, making complex communication concepts accessible regardless of prior language experience.
For Executive Sponsors
IMMERSE delivers measurable organizational benefits through our immersive language learning approach. As Meta's #1 education partner, our platform has been recognized for its effectiveness in accelerating language acquisition. Meta's own research into VR for work reinforces the exceptional business outcomes immersive training delivers:
- 2.3x more emotional connection to content than e-learners
- 4x faster completion than classroom training
- 1.5x more focused than classroom learners
- 35% improvement in acting on what they'd learned compared to e-learners
Economic analysis by PwC confirms immersive learning's cost advantages at scale. The approach reaches cost parity with classroom training at 375 participants and with e-learning at 1,950 users. Organizations implementing immersive learning for 3,000+ employees realize cost reductions of approximately 52% compared to traditional classroom models.
IMMERSE: The Gold Standard in Immersive Language Training
Many language platforms claim to offer 'immersion,' but IMMERSE delivers the real thing: genuine interactive communication versus passive content consumption.
While competitors only allow learners to view simulated environments, IMMERSE is fundamentally different, enabling real conversations in meaningful contexts.
Throughout our growing collaboration with Meta, we've consistently validated our founding principle: effective language acquisition depends on meaningful interaction with real people in authentic contexts.
IMMERSE delivers this through a comprehensive ecosystem:
- Instructor-led sessions within contextually relevant interactive virtual environments
- Adaptive AI conversation systems for independent practice opportunities
- Global community forums where diverse learners engage in authentic exchanges
- Simulated workplace scenarios providing immediate practical application
Building the Future of Immersive Learning Together With Meta
Our relationship with Meta has deepened over the years as we've jointly defined what excellence in immersive learning looks like.
At every step, we've led the conversation:
- Setting the industry standard during Meta's rigorous QA process, with Meta's team noting our platform's "outstanding condition" and readiness for release
- Featuring as part of the standard library of apps for Meta for Business
- Contributing thought leadership at Meta's Educator Summits, where our executives regularly share insights on the future of immersive learning as recognized exerts in VR education
- Advancing research on the effectiveness of immersive learning alongside Meta's innovation team
- Implementing our technology at forward-thinking educational institutions that recognize the value of immersive language learning
- Hosting the annual IMMERSEcon conference on VR and AI for language learning, featuring speakers like Matthew Sanders, Education and VR Director at Meta
Last month marked another milestone with the launch of Meta for Education. As one of the featured apps in this initiative, we're continuing to lead the way in bringing immersive language training to organizations worldwide.
Reflecting on THE AI SHOW @ ASU+GSV
The recent AI SHOW @ ASU+GSV Summit reinforced how far we've come in our ongoing collaboration with Meta. Seeing corporate leaders and education professionals actively engage with the IMMERSE platform at Meta's exhibition space was a powerful reminder of why we do what we do.
As noted by Dr, Thrasher following the event, "The momentum building around immersive technologies is remarkable after six years in this field—particularly seeing VR implementation becoming mainstream across higher education institutions throughout the United States."
The tight-knit community of developers, creators, educators, and partners we connected with has been working for nearly a decade to bring immersive learning to the forefront of education. I'm grateful that IMMERSE continues to play a part in transforming how organizations approach corporate language training worldwide.
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