Welcome to the UWTSD Immersive Rooms, facilities designed to provide UWTSD staff and students with a state-of-the-art teaching and learning environment. Specially designed rooms, leveraging technology to provide an immersive and interactive educational experience.
The Immersive Rooms consist of three large video walls, creating an enclosed digital environment.
Accompanied by a surround sound system, the spaces are designed to stimulate multiple senses, emphasising the importance of the student experience in education and enhancing retention and understanding of complex concepts.
The Immersive Rooms exploit the power of experiential learning, removing the barriers surrounding VR headsets. These immersive spaces bridge theory and practice through a blend of virtual and physical, accommodating all learners and learning methods.
The spaces are bookable for all staff and all courses across UWTSD and are intended for multiple users. These collaborative spaces promote group-based learning experiences, offering a safe environment to simulate different environments from school classroom observations to high-risk industrial setting health and safety training.
UWTSD Immersive Rooms are supported by The Digital Experience and Engagement Team.
If you would like to find out more information, book a session, or request a visit and demonstration, then please get in touch with us at immersive@uwtsd.ac.uk
The Immersive Rooms are multifunctional spaces that can be utilised in a variety of ways. The primary focus is to facilitate and enhance teaching and learning here at UWTSD, however, the rooms can also be used for:
The technology used to build the rooms have been designed and developed to be intuitive by nature, where users of all technology capabilities are able to display content and create an engaging experience. The core technologies featured within the Immersive Rooms consist of the 3 large video walls, a touch screen display, and server stack.
The main focal point of the rooms, the three video walls, have been designed and constructed to form a seamless canvas that wraps around the room.
Samsung IER/IEA LED display panels, industry leading in High Dynamic Range (HDR) picture quality, creating high quality visual content within the Immersive Rooms. The picture clarity accentuates the ability to effectively simulate physical environments, adding a realism to the experience that enhances teaching and learning.
Display: Samsung IER/IEA LED display panels
Total Cabinets: 85
Pixel Pitch: 1.5mm
Total Dimensions: Width: 16.3 m Height: 2.7 m
Total Resolution: Width: 10,880 px Height: 1800 px
Sound: 7.1 Surround
Display: Samsung IER/IEA LED display panels
Total Cabinets: 76
Pixel Pitch: 1.5mm
Total Dimension: Width: 18.2m Height: 2.2m
Total Resolution: Width: 12160px Height: 1440px
Sound: 7.1 Surround
Situated in the back of the rooms is a 55” Samsung Touchscreen, which acts as the main output for the PCs (situated in the server stack) that controls the rooms. The touch screen is mounted on an adjustable and movable stand, offering the user quick control of the operating system creating an interactive and intuitive user interface.
To control displayed content, we utilise Igloo Core Engine (ICE), an award-winning content operating software, enabling you to view and interact with content within the Immersive Rooms.
ICE allows you to stream content quickly using a layer-based system or pre-saved, configured Sessions, empowering the user to seamlessly switch between content within the room. ICE has access to a variety of applications such as:
To control displayed content, we utilise Igloo Core Engine (ICE), an award-winning content operating software, enabling you to view and interact with content within the Immersive Rooms.
ICE allows you to stream content quickly using a layer-based system or pre-saved, configured Sessions, empowering the user to seamlessly switch between content within the room. ICE has access to a variety of applications such as:
All sizes (.jpg, .png)
HD, 4K, 8k, 12k, 360 (.mp4, .mov)
PDF (.pdf)
The team takes extensive measures to minimise risks and mitigate any incidents within the immersive room environment. However, to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for everyone, we ask that all participants familiarise themselves with essential safety precautions.
The Digital Experience and Engagement team are always on hand to accommodate any Immersive Room booking or content development, across all campuses. Please get in touch if you would like to:
The Immersive Room Swansea is located in Y Fforwm 003, based on our IQ Campus, Swansea.
You can find the location at the following address:
University of Wales Trinity Saint David,
Swansea Waterfront,
IQ Campus,
Swansea SA1 8EW.
The Immersive Room, Carmarthen is located in Teaching and Learning Block, Room T&L05, based on our Carmarthen Campus.
You can find the location at the following address:
University of Wales Trinity Saint David,
Carmarthen Campus,
Carmarthen SA31 3EP
