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SweetRush to Unveil VR Content Distribution Platform at Learning Technologies 2019

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For the first time, SweetRush will be partaking in Europe’s largest Learning and Development (L&D) event, on February 13 and 14.

SweetRush will display all its capabilities, and key personnel will be on the show floor to connect with existing European client-partners and engage with new ones, as 8,500 attendees arrive at the ExCeL London, where the conference will take place. 

Rolling out at the exhibition will be the SPARK VR content distribution platform for corporate learning, a project developed by SPARK, SweetRush’s division focused on virtual reality and emerging technologies. 

Coming off a number of high-profile projects (one of which garnered the gold award at the CLO Learning in Practice Awards for a VR project), SweetRush discovered that each client faced a daunting VR content distribution challenge—which was inhibiting adoption of this new and exciting immersive technology. Research showed there was no off-the-shelf solution, so SweetRush created the SPARK VR Platform to allow enterprise client-partners to download and update VR experiences faster and with more ease. 

“The platform allows client-partners to easily distribute VR anywhere in the world. The platform has a consumer-focused, user-friendly interface, with a rolling carousel and an intuitive front end,” says John Cleave, PhD, Learning Technologist at SweetRush. “It also lets us do smart downloads, so when there’s an update, users don’t need to reinstall the whole VR experience again; they simply click, and the app updates the few files it needs to." 

A first-time booth and seminar round out the show...

This will be SweetRush's first time as part of the Learning Technologies exhibition. Our team will be at Booth E05. 

“Learning Technologies is one of the largest trade shows for L&D worldwide, and we’re excited to have this stage to introduce ourselves to the European L&D community. And, like everything we do, we’ve put a lot of care and love into our first-ever booth design,” said SweetRush Director of Marketing Danielle Hart, who will be in attendance. “Anyone who is interested in learning innovation and creative thinking should be sure to stop by—I promise you will enjoy connecting with the SweetRush team.” 

On the first day, SweetRush will give a fast-paced 30-minute presentation in Theatre 1 at 2:00 p.m. (14:00), running through its five services: Custom Learning, SPARK (emerging technologies), Cultural Transformation, Talent Solutions (staff augmentation), and Good Things (supporting nonprofits). 

This presentation will be conducted by John-Carlos Lozano, Chief Creative Officer; Annie Hodson, Solution Architect; and Ashley Munday, Director of Cultural and Organizational Transformation. 

For more details and to connect with the SweetRush team, please visit our Learning Technologies information page.