About Body planet

Our main objectiv is to reinforce learning through augmented reality.

What brought us here

We began our journey working for scientific training companies with the creation of an augmented reality projectAfter this first contact with the virtual world, and after years of experience in the field of health, we noticed a lack of teaching material in classrooms adapted to new technologies where we could put our knowledge into practice for the development of new teaching tools. After the creation of a first prototype, we decided to approach schools to show our work.

First launch

After an initial contact with different educational centres, we started to work closely with some teachers in order to adapt our project to the needs of the students, both in terms of content and methodology. In July 2017 we launched the application and presented it at a conference on educational innovation at the University of Carlos III in Madrid, achieving very good results.

And then came the awards

In 2017 we were present at SIMO Educación, a benchmark event in the teaching activity, where we received the award for the most innovative technological project in the education sector.From there came more awards: the International Festival of Children's Communication 'El Chupete' chose us as one of the 10 best apps aimed at children developed in Spain; we were selected by SEKLABacceleration programme exclusively for innovative startups in education; we were finalists among more than 3000 participants in South Summit, the leading event in Southern Europe that connects the most innovative entrepreneurs with global investors; we received the 'Negocios de carne y hueso' award from Madrid Emprende y ElCampus360and the grupo SM included our applications in its Apprender platform.

Research and development

One of our main purposes is to demonstrate empirically that augmented reality facilitates learning in children. To this end, we have carried out different tests with experimental and control groups at different educational stages and we have surveyed dozens of teachers who have tried our materials in the classroom. According to the data collected at the CSE 2018 conference at the Camilo José Cela University after our first year in the classroom, 87.5% of teachers believe that Body planet makes it easier for teachers to explain the content and 93.7% believe that it makes it easier for students to understand.

Our achievements

We started with our well-known interactive t-shirt, which allows you to see what our internal organs look like through augmented reality and, after its success in schools, we decided to develop more products along the same lines. We currently have up to six different products for learning, both inside and outside the classroom, as well as for family enjoyment. Our materials are already used in hundreds of educational centres throughout Spain and have reached thousands of homes. We have official distributors in Mexico, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany and Croatia, as well as selling in most of Europe through Amazon.

Where we are going

Our main objective has always been to ensure that children learn about the functioning and anatomy of the human body in a fun and friendly way, adapting to new digital needs. To look for ways to replace traditional classroom teaching systems with more modern and advanced means in line with children's learning nowadays, capable of assimilating concepts more quickly through the use of new technologies.

But we also focus on other subjects such as astronomy or family learning games. Our aim for the next few years is to have at least 10 products on sale in 40 countries.