Curiious is a Sydney company which has created a world-first educational VR platform in which educators and trainers can directly provide feedback and change the virtual environment live.

The compelling part of the story here is the company’s pivot and how they got into the VR space to begin with; they were an advertising and content agency that saw VR being underused and wanted to do it differently, so they worked on this platform in the background for many years, launching it this year and raising $2m from sophisticated investors to commercialise the product.

They’re in talks with schools in the US and across Australia and have signed a few up already to use VR in education and have just secured schools in LA and New York to use their content.

The veteran tech-driven Sydney visual content business Curiious – best known for its Vivid Opera House projection and the stunning visuals during the opening ceremony at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games – has raised $2 million from sophisticated investors to help scale its VR education and training platform globally.

Founder Brett Heil wants to revolutionise training and education via technology, and has launched a virtual reality platform, Curiious IQ, he says is set to change the way businesses, institutions and individuals learn and collaborate.

Curiious IQ can stream live to groups on up to 50 VR headsets simultaneously. Users see each other as avatars in the virtual space allowing for interaction and collaboration on tasks and challenges. The platform  works on any VR device.