Eirmersive's CEO Camille Donegan attended Laval Virtual, one of Europe’s largest XR events at the Mayenne Espace event venue in the town of Laval, Western France and was joined by Board Director and founding member Jacinta Moore.

As a first stop, they attended the NL (Netherlands) delegation stand where 10 Dutch XR companies were presenting. There they met with Arno Gransma, Entrepreneur, Industrial Additive Manufacturing expert and Immersive Experience community builder who introduced Camille to exhibiting Dutch companies and their teams, including Mesh Masters, Presence EU XR project, and Saxion University of Applied Sciences. They were also introduced to Monique Voguel Immersive Learning Specialist with fectar, a VR and AR platform, who demonstrated the company's work with museums, 3D scanning etc. Jacinta also met with Simon Moss, Product Lead and Consultant with the Presence EU XR project and trialled their live holographic VR platform, speaking with a hologram of a team member in Barcelona.

Emagine has announced the official launch of ImmerSEAve, a groundbreaking VR diving experience at the Institut océanographique, Fondation Albert Ier, Prince de Monaco.

Designed by Emagine and collaborating with Baccana Digital Consulting, this immersive 8-diver simulation lets multiple users explore an underwater world together—wearing standalone VR headsets in the same physical space. The experience requires no internet, nor external computers, and is fully portable with 100% real-time shared interaction.

“This is a new wave in immersive, educational storytelling—blending science, technology, and awe-inspiring environments in one unforgettable dive. Big thanks to the Oceanographic Institute for championing innovation in marine education and conservation”, said Aaron Jay, CEO at Emagine.

Congratulations to Emagine for the coverage on Monaco Matin.

Michael Barngrover is the Managing Director at XR4Europe and a leader within international communities. He has recently been selected as an expert representative for the European Commission’s DG CNECT Studies on Critical Digital Technologies. This initiative will shape Europe’s digital strategy for 2028-2040, focusing on emerging and strategic technologies crucial for research, deployment, and adoption. Through focus groups, Delphi surveys, and foresight workshops, these studies will identify key investment priorities to maintain Europe’s leadership in digital innovation.

Eirmersive was honoured to have Michael deliver the keynote address at ‘Outward’ in Dublin where he painted a comprehensive picture of European XR in a Global Context. The following is a summary of the key points from his presentation but we absolutely encourage you to watch the full presentation below.

We had a fantastic few days in Tralee delivering the first in our new series of Immersive Futures workshops, where we shared Immersive Technology, AI and Virtual Production workflows, platforms and tools with the participants, including Virtual Production for animation platform Animotive and Augmented Reality Spatial Storytelling Trails builder platform Lureo.

After the workshop we were delighted to get a site visit at the AgriTech Centre of Excellence (ACE). We were very impressed by the 180 projector and screen setup as well as the multiple VR kits for use with clients, students and school groups. The team at ACE and MTU are building immersive solutions for companies of all sizes in the region and with Kevin Maye and some very talented interns, they are exploring R&D of the latest tech from interactive AI powered avatars, 180 stereoscopic video and some footage to live streaming of volumetric humans.

To address the psychological needs of children with chronic illnesses in Children’s Health Ireland, an innovative Forest Hospital is being developed by the Psychology Department. There will be three phases to the forest hospital intervention. The second phase will be a forest workshop on the rooftop of the new children’s hospital. The first phase is a virtual reality experience of the forest, which inpatient children who are too sick to attend the forest activities can access.

This week the UCD Media and Entertainment Lab hosted the Forest Hospital clinical psychology team from Children's Health Ireland, and Eirmersive was delighted to join the discussion. The project, is in collaboration with NUI Galway and Barretstown.

The immersive technology sector in Ireland is booming, and thanks to Creative Ireland’s support, Eirmersive had the incredible opportunity to showcase the best of what our talented creators and innovators have to offer at Ireland House at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin Texas from 9th – 11th March 2025. This included Eirmersive member companies having the opportunity to meet with and present to Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

For those unfamiliar with SXSW, it is one of the most influential global events for creativity, technology, and innovation. Attendees from all over the world gather in Austin, Texas to discuss, discover, and celebrate the future of industries ranging from tech to music, film, and interactive media. What makes it unique is…

While hosting a delegation of members at Stereopsia in December, Eirmersive CEO Camille Donegan was interviewed by OPENVERSE partners about the ways that we’re growing the ecosystem and collaboration opportunities:

“We’re here to put Ireland on the map, to show that Ireland has a really thriving ecosystem, lots of great companies that are very talented. We’re interested in being involved in European projects. Ireland is a small country, but we have a very connected tech and creative ecosystem, so we can quickly bring groups together for working groups, where we can have tangible results in a streamlined way quite quickly.” ~Camille Donegan

The purpose of OPENVERSE is to establish European Virtual Worlds characterised by openness, transparency, inclusivity, ethical and environmental responsibility, and to enhance EU’s technological sovereignty.

We asked attendees at Outward why they attended and what they got out of the event. Their answers reminded us of of what makes our community so special; and that’s you, all of you who are a part of our amazing network! Here’s a sampling of the comments but watch the full video to learn why you might like to become a member of Eirmersive, to receive invites and discounts to events like this:

“I saw this advertised today, it looked like a great opportunity to get back in and to get more involved in VR technology again and see the new opportunities that this will bring for people in media backgrounds like myself. I found it brilliant, a lot of people have been great to talk to, the talks have been very informative and it's great to see new development and just the number of people of different backgrounds here to be able to talk to them to understand what they're doing and then to derive ideas from that.”