Leaning into Complexity.
Leveraging the Potential of Mixed Reality.
IMAGINE A NEW TYPE OF COLLABORATION
What if immersive, mixed reality experiences could be used to help diverse stakeholders step out of silos to see and understand systems from different perspectives? What if those same stakeholders were supported by living systems principles and frameworks to co-create healthier futures? It’s possible.
FINDING INNOVATIVE RESPONSES TO COMPLEX CHALLENGES
We are piloting open “collaboratories” that combine mixed reality and living systems design principles around four experiences:
Systems health:
WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE OVER TIME? We begin by identifying north star goals and initial features of “systems health”.
Systems diagnosis:
WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW? In collaboration with key stakeholders,” we make the systems visible” via causal mapping, mixed reality simulations, and other tools to identify how key interrelationships create the seemingly intractable and often chronic behaviors.
SystemS strategy:
WHAT ARE OUR STRATEGIES IN THE CONTEXT OF SYSTEMS? Collectively design strategies to leverage multiple perspectives and shift key cause-and-effect relationships.
Systems engagement:
WHO ELSE NEEDS TO BE IN THE ROOM? HOW WILL WE ENGAGE OTHERS? We look to more of the “the system in the room” by engaging diverse stakeholders and partners in virtual reality to align around coordinated actions to achieve greater systems health.
Open Toggle Lab WOrkshops
Working Groups
- What: Sequenced, immersive labs designed to support intact teams or working groups to:
- Name the change they seek
- Identify key factors and trends
- Make the systems visible
- Align around high-leverage collective action
- How many? 5-6 participants
- How long? Four, 90-minute sessions over four weeks
- When? Dates to be determined with group/team.
- Equipment? Oculus headset required
Capacity Building
- What: Immersive, interactive experience of key living systems frameworks, concepts, habits and tools.
- How many? 5-6 participants
- How long? One, 90-minute session
- When? October 27, 2021
- Equipment? Oculus headset required
A fun, interactive AR App designed as a hands-on educational tool to engage students in climate change.
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Students learn to think outside the box on how to overcome obstacles using an interactive AR experience that inspires them to learn.
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Students engage in thought experiments around our current rates of global warming pollution and then demonstrate their understanding with their peers and adults.
What you CAN expect
1. Learn to Use Mixed Reality Technology for Learning and Collaboration.
2. Co-create with Toggle Lab staff, customized “labs” for your teams or working groups
3. Leverage Living Systems Design Principles, Framework and Tools
News & Blog
Virtual Reality – This Immersive Technology Turns Hospitals Into Less Stressful Places
Spatial’s soundscapes help transport patients, families, doctors, and nurses to a beach, the mountains, or a peace pagoda—no travel required. | Virtual Reality Virtual Reality
Monster Mash: A Sketch-Based Tool for Casual 3D Modeling and Animation
Experts and amateurs alike are now able to create rich, expressive, deformable 3D models from scratch. 3D computer animation is a time-consuming and highly technical
Changing the Game: How can virtual reality help us to see systems from a different perspective?
Virtual reality interview with systems expert Linda Booth Sweeney with BFI Design Science Studio team. In this 10-minute video, Linda Booth Sweeney leads a tour
What is systems thinking, why we often don’t “think in systems” and what we can do about it.
Watch the interview above to get answers in real-time on why systems thinking has to be a part of education. Polyplexus ‘Ask Me Anything’ session
