A decade of Innovation at Innovision
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Innovision Media Limited has been celebrating ten years of innovation, by revisiting some of the projects that shaped its journey.
Among them is a groundbreaking VR visualisation for the Carrownagowan Wind Farm in Co. Clare, a project that introduced a completely new way for Irish communities to engage with proposed developments.
Today, stepping into a virtual reality experience feels almost routine. But just a few years ago, using VR to help communities understand and engage with major infrastructure projects was a genuinely groundbreaking idea.
That is exactly what Eirmersive member Innovision set out to do in 2020 when they delivered Ireland’s first VR visualisation experience built using real location photography for a proposed development. The project, commissioned for the Carrownagowan Wind Farm in Co. Clare by Coillte, now FuturEnergy Ireland, marked a significant milestone in how immersive technologies could be applied to real-world planning and consultation.
Using VR headsets, members of the local community were able to stand virtually within the landscape and explore a 360-degree representation of the site. By switching between existing views and the proposed wind farm, they could gain a far deeper understanding of the project than would have been possible through traditional visualisations alone.
At a time when VR was still far from mainstream, the project demonstrated how immersive technologies could solve complex communication challenges, helping developers and communities engage with greater clarity and confidence. The innovative approach attracted significant attention across the industry and generated national media coverage, highlighting the potential of immersive tools to transform public engagement.
The project also exemplifies something we often see across the Eirmersive community: a willingness to experiment with emerging technologies long before they become widely adopted. Innovation rarely begins with a finished product. It starts with curiosity, exploration and the determination to find practical applications for new tools.
Six years on, immersive visualisation has become an established part of many consultation and engagement processes. Looking back, Innovision’s work on Carrownagowan Wind Farm stands as an early example of the vision and creativity that continue to drive Ireland’s immersive technology sector forward.
We are delighted to celebrate Innovision’s contribution to the evolution of immersive experiences in Ireland and look forward to seeing what they pioneer next.