Lyfta: an immersive educational storyworld platform
Acronym
Lyfta
Description of the granted funding
We need encouraging stories to help us better understand our world and each other. Lyfta aims to become a leading distributor of engaging, 21st Century learning content through its own platform, and answer to the growing need of interaction in teaching and 21st Century skills-based learning.
Lyfta, an innovative SME, designs and produces high-quality, immersive learning environments, using virtual reality & augmented reality (VR&AR) and interactive 360⁰ storytelling combined with Finnish pedagogic expertise to suit the global needs of learning in the future.
Lyfta is made by educators, for educators. Lyfta has a very experienced, passionate team with proven track records in the media and education technology (EdTech) industries. All the products offered through Lyfta’s platform include extensive teaching materials suited to modern, Western curricula. Lyfta’s products have already been piloted in schools in the UK and Finland.
Strong growth potential has led to rapid growth of the software and services segment of the EdTech market. Education has been estimated to be the most growing sector in the global market of VR & AR. Lyfta already has a solid position in the VR and interactive storytelling industry, and is set to make a change in the way people learn.
In this project Lyfta aims to develop new business models and concepts for its educational platform. In its vision, Lyfta will be the Netflix of 21st Century learning, where educational institutions and organisations across the world use the platform to purchase high quality off-the-shelf educational resources.
Show moreStarting year
2017
End year
2018
Granted funding
LYFTA OY
Coordinator
Amount granted
50 000 €
Funder
European Union
Funding instrument
SME instrument phase 1
Framework programme
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
Call
Programme part
Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument (5284 SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Europe In A Changing World - Inclusive, Innovative And Reflective Societies (5437 )
Topic
New business models for inclusive, innovative and reflective societies (SMEInst-12-2016-2017Call ID
H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017 Other information
Funding decision number
782619
Identified topics
languages, language policy