This is the final project report for an AHRC/ESRC funded Uk-Japan network looking at location-based VR experiences for children.

Location-based VR are site specific experiences that aim to bring together materials beyond those in the virtual space to carefully curate an experience for an audience who are likely to use the content only once or a few times. As a result, location-based VR experiences are emerging predominately in two areas; gaming arcades and museums/art galleries.

The overall intention of this knowledge exchange (KE) project was to bring together a network of academics and digital gaming industry partners in Japan and the UK to join up knowledge, begin researching the current state of VR experiences and technologies, and to understand the best methodologies for including children in the design of VR experiences for them. This was undertaken so that this knowledge can be applied to areas in which VR is evolving for children, such as entertainment, education and health care.