We visit retirement communities to introduce ImmersifyVR in person. In these workshops we run sessions, listen to residents, and learn how the experiences feel in real spaces. This page collects notes and photos from each visit.
On August 8, 2026, we visited Coastside Senior Center in Half Moon. With Ed, we ran a workshop for three interested residents. We ran spaceball and swimming, as well as our newest prototype: rock climbing. From this visit, we've compiled a list of action items and big changes to do, such as reworking the spaceball enemy AI. We are also keeping in touch with this senior center along with Mr. Ed to host more workshops in the future.
We had our fifth workshop at Chateau Cupertino on May 23, 2026. Along with four new residents, Bob had returned after multiple one-to-one sessions with Ed in between. All of the seniors experienced either spaceball or swimming.
On August 19, 2025, we met with Ed Loeswick, a VR expert and our first personal trainer, to discuss our project and have him playtest it before his visits to Bob Stetson.
On July 26, 2025, only one resident, Bob Stetson, participated in our workshop, and he was the first resident to participate in our personal trainer program following the visit. After this visit, we had only minor changes left to swimming, so we started looking to creating a new experience.
April 5, 2025, marked our third visit to Chateau Cupertino to playtest. We restructured the tutorial to be more effective yet also shorter, and we once again reworked the swimming mechanics. Three residents participated in this workshop. By this workshop, we had a decently polished swimming environment, as we added colorful fish to catch and coral as well as other details to the ocean floor.
February 15, 2025, was our second visit to Chateau Cupertino to playtest. By then, we implemented a crude tutorial and reworked our swimming mechanics. We ran the experience for three residents, and the feedback we received guided us in improving the experience for all users.
October 12, 2024, was our first visit to Chateau Cupertino to playtest, where we shared ImmersifyVR with residents and staff. At this time, we only had one prototype of an application: swimming. We were able to run the experience for five residents, and we received valuable feedback on the experience that guided our development of swimming.