Engage your learners and develop problem solving-skills by turning any topic or lesson into an interactive escape room.
Build original, curriculum-aligned escape rooms that let your learners practice decision-making, and extend their understanding in unfamiliar contexts. From simple single-room puzzles to multi-level, branching challenges, ThingLink escape rooms give you the flexibility to meet any learning goals. Add timers to show your learners the difference that real-world pressure makes to any task. Embed a range of tools and multimedia to enrich their experience and drive interaction. Share across any device - remotely or in class. Use for individual learning, or for collaborative challenges that improve your learners’ teamwork skills.
To make onboarding more efficient and engaging, the University of Hertfordshire created a virtual escape room that introduces new students to the Learning Resource Centres (LRCs). The interactive format reduced the need for time-consuming in-person tours while offering the students a more flexible, self-paced way to explore campus resources. Tackling the escape rooms in small groups also allowed them to develop teamwork skills, and make new friendships and valuable connections in their fresher term,
ThingLink’s intuitive Multimedia Editor makes it easy to build virtual escape rooms on any subject, in any context or environment, for any age, and any ability level. Support active learning and critical thinking with flexible formats that your learners can access on any screen.
Use ThingLink AR to turn any classroom or physical space into an interactive escape room. Simply add digital tags to images of real-world objects - students scan with a mobile device to reveal clues, media, and challenges. This hands-on format boosts problem- solving, collaboration, and engagement through real-time exploration.
Design and build immersive escape rooms in minutes with AI-assisted tools. Use simple text prompts to generate images, content, and even scenario structures like branches and quiz questions. Upload your own materials or start from fresh - ThingLink helps you streamline your content creation at every stage.
Use ThingLink Scenario Builder to develop immersive, branching escape rooms where students explore consequences, test their understanding, and apply their knowledge. Keep your learners engaged while building their confidence and autonomy. Built-in analytics show each learner’s path and choices, helping you provide personalized feedback and support.
Access ThingLink’s growing library of professional 360° images and videos to easily create immersive escape rooms grounded in authentic settings that your learners couldn’t otherwise access. Or instantly convert your own panoramic photos taken on any mobile device into interactive 360° scenes with Pano to 360°. Perfect for building location-based challenges that spark curiosity and encourage meaningful exploration.
Deliver your escape rooms in fully immersive formats, with easy sharing and viewing in all leading VR headsets. The same content you create can also be viewed on laptops, tablets, or in shared immersive spaces - ideal for your learners to explore individually or as collaborative classroom challenges with their peers.
Start by uploading an image or 360° scene as the basis of your rich, interactive environment. You can then embed clues, or problem-solving tasks into interactive tags - using any combination of text, audio, video, 3D models, or even embedded puzzle or quiz apps.
To move forward, students add or choose their answer in a Transit Tag - which acts as the digital doorway to the next scene, or to escape!
Each question can be as challenging as you want: either testing prior learning, using the clues provided in tags, or a combination of both. The only limit is your own imagination and creativity!
Whether you're teaching an individual subject or providing cross-curricular activities, ThingLink escape rooms offer a creative way to reinforce concepts, assess understanding, and keep students actively engaged.
The University of Central Lancashire Medical School used ThingLink to create a virtual sepsis escape room, giving teams a safe space to practice teamwork, communication, and urgent decision-making - building confidence and improving performance in real emergencies.
Build immersive, memorable, game-based challenges that reinforce understanding through time-limited, decision-driven play.
