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The VR Days Europe is a 3-day celebration of Virtual and Augmented content, creativity and innovation. The 2017 edition took place in Amsterdam. Visitors enjoyed a compelling range of keynotes, sessions, workshops and seminars with over 120 expert speakers from the worlds of health, tech, business and the arts.
Erivan Dantas (VR360degrees) visited the Dolphin Swim Club showtank. Check out his 360°VR impression of the VR Days Europe in Amsterdam.
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VR applications are most commonly associated with games, entertainment and marketing experiences, but as we found out last year, these are not the only industries using VR to innovate. VR is increasingly being used in trainings – as we saw in 2016 – but now the healthcare industry is also getting a slice of the pie.
Founder and creative director Marijke was invited to share about the Dolphin Swim Club at the Dutch 5 Uur Show. We discussed our project and are so happy for the coverage. We hope to spread the word and be able to help so many more people. A special thank you to expert Jade Vening of the Dutch Fund for the handicapped, for her comments.
Medium recorded a podcast with Benno for the VR Days Europe 2017. We invite you to, instead of putting on your diving mask, gear up with waterproof VR goggles and lower yourself in the water. Then you are close to becoming a ‘member’ of the Dolphin Swim Club. We are here to help multiple disabled patients and at the same time aiming to prevent as much suffering of dolphins and orcas as possible. Which is badly needed, because capturing dolphins for entertainment and therapy is quite a large industry worldwide. Part of that sad fact is that dolphins in captivity on average will only reach the age of about 15, instead of the 45 to 60 years dolphins will become when swimming around in freedom. Be part of it and jump in.
Dutch newspaper het Algemeen Dagblad featured us online and in their daily paper. Reporter Renske Baars visits handicapped expertise centre ‘s Heerenloo with us and swims in the pool with our wild dolphins. Dolphin therapy is a long-cherished dream for many people with disabilities. The costs and challenges of traveling may make this impossible. A Dutch couple, Marijke and Benno, can change all that. How? With WaterproofVR goggles, their own wild dolphin 360°VR content and a snorkel.
As published in the NOMMER by Dutch Investment & Development Agency NOM. The Dolphin Swim Club launched her newest gadget during the VR Days 2017 in Amsterdam: WaterproofVR, where virtual reality is applied in the swimming pool. “It’s so great,” Marijke says enthusiastically. “If you’re in the water with the waterproof VR glasses, very naturally, one starts to follow the movement of the wild dolphins and swim along.”
The mind can play tricks on your body. Luckily, VR can play tricks right back. This article on the Wired platform explains this new approach of treating patients with chronic pain through virtual reality. In a recent trial at the 
The Dutch magazine Computer Idee featured the Dolphin Swim Club in their magazine. The magazine focuses on new technologies and (online) tools. When science meets art… Next to a two-page picture spread of our cameraman and the dolphins, the feature covers the origins of the Dolphin Swim Club and offers readers a sneak preview of the full theatrical version. Computer Idee appears every two weeks in the Netherlands.
Today was a big day for the Dolphin Swim Club because we made it to one of the most influential and wide-read magazines worldwide. We are delighted to share