CreativeVR -Transition enables Year 7 pupils to prepare a digital 'case study' of their own experiences of their move from Year 6. This software can be used in a number of ways, but primarily it allows Year 7 pupils to digitally display photographs, maps, timetables and videos in a contained 3D, real-time environment. This can then be sent out as a CD-ROM to prospective new pupils and their parents.

We have updated the Download section with new 'Evaluation' versions of the software. Unlike the original demo versions, the new evaluation versions include the Personalizer, allowing you to update the content in the initial gallery. This gives you a better idea of how CreativeVR and the Personalizer work together.

A new gallery section has been added to the site. As well as containing various screenshots of the latest version of CreativeVR, there are also number of sample videos of some projects created by students using the software. So head on over to the Gallery to view them!

VEd are proud to announce the availability of CreativeVR - Picture Gallery 2.0. In addition to the numerous improvements made, the following major new features have been added:-

• Video playback support
  The user can now add AVI and MPEG 1 video to the picture plinths. So videos can now be played within the already media-rich 3D environment!
  
  
• Document attachments
  The user can now attach documents to the picture plinths. This allows users to link to related documents in the same way as the internet links. The following document types are supported: Text, Word Document, PDF & Excel.
  
  
• New look Personalizer
  The Personalizer has been completely re-written to cater for the new features and is now also much easier to use. Support for importing and exporting projects has been added. Users can now export projects ready to be cut onto CD.
  
  
• Networking support improved
  Internet and LAN support has been improved and basic multiple avatar support has been added, allowing easier identification of networked users.
  

This version is of course available to our existing customers as a free upgrade. All future customers will automatically receive this new version.

VEd, as part of the Dark Horse Venture Streets Ahead partnership, was privileged to meet 9 surviving veterans of the First World War, who had travelled down to the Public Records Office (now National Archives) at Kew to meet together for the last time.

In an unforgettable and deeply moving experience for the guests, who included Prince Charles, veterans (aged between 102 and 108 years old) met schoolchildren and talked about their war experiences via video-conferencing, and showed the wit and verve that has kept them active and lively after living through an entire century.

More details on the day's event can be found here.

A special version of CreativeVR - Picture Gallery will be available in the download section, with images and sounds from the event.

John Hopwood of VEd was delighted to be invited to Dublin to run a VR session as part of the Pobalscoil Neasain European Schools exchange in European Network week.

Students from Ireland, France and Italy, together with teachers from Norway, spent an afternoon in Dublin, taking digital photographs in teams. They then worked with John and Pat Seaver of PSN to create networkable galleries to share with one another.

Welcome to the new look website. The aim is to keep this site updated with new developments, so please check back often!

A demo of CreativeVR - Picture Gallery will soon be available for download, so you can check it out first hand.

The Mayor of Liverpool experiences immersive virtual reality in one of his visits to the Dark Horse Centre, Aigburth to look at intergenerational learning activities