IMMERSE Immersive education and knowledge transfer

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IMMERSE is committed to the digital transformation of education and training through immersive teaching and learning technologies. It creates formats and structures that support the broad implementation of XR- and AI-based methods.

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Profile

Project leadership
Martin Berger (PHZH)
Project team
Tobias M. Schifferle (PHZH), Philipp Fürnstahl (Balgrist University Hospital), Helmut Grabner (ZHAW School of Engineering), Bernd Stadlinger (Center for Dental Medicine UZH)
Organisational unit
F-BW (Bildungswissenschaftliche Forschung)
Project phase
In progress (1.5.2025 – 30.4.2029)
Project type
Research & development project
Funding
Digitalization Initiative

Description

IMMERSE aims to fully exploit the potential of immersive teaching and learning technology in Zurich’s higher education and vocational training by pooling resources, bringing together expertise and creating new structures. IMMERSE creates a network of innovative partners from education and technology that accompanies XR- and AI-based innovations from prototyping to pilot studies and field trials to practical implementation. Key elements of the IMMERSE structure include a prototyping lab and an immersive lecture hall.

The IMMERSE-network includes: Univerität Zürich, Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich, Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Siemens Healthineers; Microsoft; Magic Leap; Dentsply Sirona; GigXR; afca; Aperion XR; Augmedi; Bandara; Deakin Motion Lab University Melbourne; Human Organ Atlas Hub University College London; ICT Berufsbildung Schweiz; OdA Sozialberufe Zürich; OdA Gesundheit Zürich; ZAG Zentrum für Ausbildung im Gesundheitswesen; Careum; Hep-Verlag; Lehrmittelverlag Zürich et al.

Contact

Portrait photo of Dr. Martin Berger

+41 43 305 61 05