Avantis Education Transforms Classroom Inclusivity with Launch of EduverseTHRIVE at TCEA 2026

Chicago, (February 1, 2026) — Avantis Education, a global leader in virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) technology for K-12 schools, is showcasing its newest product EduverseTHRIVE for the first time in the U.S. at TCEA 2026 (ClassVR booth 1873). The conference takes place January 31-February 4, 2026, in San Antonio, Texas.

EduverseTHRIVE is a purpose-built wellbeing and inclusion solution that combines a dedicated set of VR headsets with immersive, educator-led virtual experiences designed to support sensory regulation, emotional readiness, and inclusive learning in mainstream classrooms. Designed to support students with differing sensory needs, emotional states, and energy levels. EduverseTHRIVE gives educators practical inclusive tools to help learners regulate, refocus, and return to learning.

EduverseTHRIVE arrives at a critical moment in the education sector. The number of students in special education in the United States has nearly doubled over the last four decades and accounts for 15 percent of the K-12 student population. Two thirds of special education students spend 80 percent or more of their time in general education classes, and those teachers are in need of tools and resources to support them. Traditional sensory rooms often remain out of reach for many schools due to space constraints or affordability, leaving teachers without immediate, in-class tools to support regulation and inclusion.

EduverseTHRIVE helps educators solve this challenge by transforming any classroom into an inclusive and calm environment where every learner can thrive.

“Today’s education system demands that all classrooms become inclusive, yet the infrastructure to support this strategy hasn’t kept pace,” explains Gillian Rhodes, Chief Marketing Officer, Avantis Education. “With EduverseTHRIVE, we are mainstreaming inclusivity by putting a sensory room in the palm of a teacher’s hand. It gives every student the ‘Space to Thrive’ – the ability to self-regulate and return to learning without leaving the room.”

EduverseTHRIVE provides immersive virtual spaces that help learners reset, regulate, re-engage, and belong. It includes award-winning ClassVR headsets and four sensory VR content suites:

1. MyThrive, a personalized virtual space where students can reset, regulate, and return ready to learn. It empowers students to manage their own sensory needs through a fully interactive, customizable sensory application. By allowing learners to personalize their environment – adjusting lighting, soundscapes, and animation intensity – they can calm and reset in minutes. This allows them to return to learning with minimal intervention, directly supporting teacher wellbeing by reducing the emotional and administrative burden of managing dysregulation in real-time.
2. LifeSkills, 360° experiences that help students explore everyday situations, emotions, and environments.
3. SensorySupport, immersive environments that provide controlled, purposeful sensory input for both sensory-seeking and sensory-avoidant learners.
4. BuildingEmpathy, 360° scenes, 3D models, and immersive videos that help learners grow empathy and understanding by exploring perspectives, social situations, health and wellbeing, and real-world contexts.

This enhanced VR content enables schools to create inclusive classrooms that support every student in the way they learn best, ensuring that inclusive education is not just a checkbox for compliance, it is a meaningful practice that supports better outcomes for all learners globally.

Avantis Education has also created a set of free sensory resources designed to support two common sensory profiles: sensory avoiders and sensory seekers. Available on any internet-enabled device, not just VR, the Sensory Avoidance and Sensory Seeker resources give schools an introduction to how EduverseTHRIVE provides flexible, immersive experiences that support emotional regulation, reset, and readiness to learn.

To learn more about EduverseTHRIVE and to download the free resource packs, visit https://www.classvr.com/eduverse-thrive/.

About Avantis

Avantis Education, the creators of ClassVR, provides simple classroom technology used by more than two million students, in over 250,000 classrooms across 90 countries.

The world’s first virtual reality technology designed just for education provides everything a school needs to seamlessly implement VR technology in any classroom, all at an affordable price. To learn more visit www.avantiseducation.com and www.classvr.com/us

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