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IMP A CT ALL


                            THE GUIDING LIGHT OF IMMERSIVE





                           Srishti Mittal    headset. Impactall is one of         Academy’ is a one-stop platform
                           Founder           those e-learning VR platforms        for immersive education through
                                             which is gaining popularity day      multiple mediums e.g. 3D, HD
                                             after day with its products in the   videos and VR. With the perfect
                                             e-learning sphere and the noble      blend of pedagogy and innovation,
                                             vision to bring about a revolution.   Impactall has been able to create
                                                   “Learning shouldn’t be         applications that don’t only
                                                   seen as learning. It should    instil education into the minds of
                                                  be seen as something that       learners, but also ignite curiosity
                                                 engages your curiosity, makes    in them. In the last 1.5 years, the
                                               you ask questions and delve        company has faced numerous
                                              deep into the subject for the       difficulties along the way. Since
                                                purpose of gaining knowledge.     VR and 3D are relatively new
                                             What we are making here is           technologies in India, the resources
        Learning                             immersive content which can          are scarce. Also, because the
        The phenomenon of the Forgetting
        Curve was first observed by German   ignite the passion of learning       company lays a lot of emphasis
        psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus      among students”, says Srishti        on the quality of content, design
                                             Mittal, Founder & CEO, Impactall.
        in the 1880s. This phenomenon                                             and technical optimization, it is
        implies to the situation where a        “Impactall’s Academy’             very important to hire and retrain
                                                                                  people. “It took me several months
        person is liable to forget most of the    application which is
        information that has been presented    available at the playstore         after inception to hire the right
        to him/her verbally or in written       now was launched this             minds along with the right talent
        over a window of 1-2 hours. The         month and has gained              in the field. As it stands, we have
        same phenomenon is applicable for        appreciation in a very           successfully overcome every single
                                                                                  challenge on its way and have come
        students who have been subjected to
        black and white learning procedures      short period of time”            up as one of the impactful players
        generation after generation, sitting   Driving Along the                  in this field,” mentions Srishti.
        inside the classrooms. The dire      Road of Innovation                   The Road Ahead
        necessity to bring about a change in   With the goal to transform the     10 years down the line, Impactall
        the methods in which education is    procedures of imparting education,   wants to be one of the leading
        imparted is being strongly felt in the   Impactall has crossed considerable   names in the e-learning industry.
        recent times. Immersive Learning is   amount of road with its innovative   It wants to achieve the capability
        one of the procedures that modern    line of products in the e-learning   to proclaim its presence in
        technology has come up with to       domain. The Impactall VR             every possible e-learning
        render a permanent solution to this   application which is available at the   solution, not just in India but
        problem. It is a simulated learning   play store now was launched last    on a global scale. Expressing
        solution with which the user         month and has gained appreciation    her goodwill for the company,
        becomes part of a virtual set-up and   in a very short period of time.    Srishti concludes, “Impactall
        can interact with the environment    The company launched another         wants to grow as a visionary in
        in a seemingly real /physical way    app ‘Impactall’s Academy’ on the     terms of innovative learning.”
        through the use of virtual reality   play store this month. ‘Impactall’s

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