Barco and Igloo Vision join forces to create immersive collaboration environments

The collaboration between Barco, as a display solutions manufacturer, e Igloo Vision, creator of immersive spaces, will provide virtual reality experiences in numerous environments.

Founded in 2008, the activity of Igloo Vision started with a focus on projection mapping software for live events and experiences. Later, This vision was expanded to corporate rooms and shared virtual reality.

From its headquarters in the United Kingdom, EE. UU., Canada and Australia, The company has delivered hundreds of immersive workspace installations around the world for all types of applications, as simulation, visualization and collaboration, in education settings, engineering, companies, etc.

To create these immersive spaces use Igloo Vision Media Player, “containing software that can turn any room into a shared immersive virtual reality experience. “It's like entering a giant virtual reality viewer with a whole group.”, they explain from the company.

To view the content, Igloo Vision team works in collaboration with system integrators and visualization hardware providers, as has now happened with the Belgian manufacturer Barco.

This is how he explains it Jake Rowland, EMEA Business Development Director at Igloo Vision: “we had a conversation with the Barco team during WHEREAS 2022 in Barcelona about its shared virtual reality visualization solutions. We want our technology to be available to anyone around the world. When working with Barco, “We expand this scope and facilitate access and installation of shared immersive spaces”.

To Richard Marples, sales director of immersive experiences at Barco, “Our experience with high-end Canvas and Cave systems greatly complements Igloo's vision for shared VR experiences. Both companies have a strong focus on immersive visualization and improving collaboration everywhere.”, So it's an ideal partnership.".

Since the official agreement, Barco and Igloo Vision have already delivered two state-of-the-art immersive workspaces for a well-known sports brand and a very important university, of which they will share more information soon.