Bringing textbooks to life in AR

The world’s leading augmented reality authoring platform, built specifically for publishers

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Bett award 2023 winner

2023 Bett award winner!

Bett award 2023 winner

In collaboration with PG online ClearRevise in the category "Free digital content, app or open educational resource"

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Why create AR books with Ludenso?
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Win more adoptions
By differentiating their key titles with AR enrichment, publishers can create a more compelling offering for faculty. Ludenso clients have seen sales increases of 43% on AR enriched titles.
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Maximize the value of digital assets
By facilitating a seamless learner journey from the textbook to existing digital content, publishers can bridge the gap between physical and digital content.
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A seamless, non-technical workflow
Via Ludenso Studio, editors and authors are able to quickly, affordably, and even retrospectively implement AR enrichments directly into their textbooks.
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Boost engagement and sell-through rate
Ensure student intrigue and boost publisher brand perception. By catering to all learners, publishers maximize the ROI from each adoption.
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Improve accessibility and learning outcomes
Allow complex and abstract concepts to be understood more effectively. Affordably cater to all students, by creating in-built differentiation for those with special educational needs.
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Full dedicated support team and sales training
Comprehensive in-person training of sales reps on how to leverage AR- enriched titles to secure new adoptions and boost sales. Full Ludenso Studio training for editorial teams to minimize their time requirement in the workflow.
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Meaningful analytics on reader behavior
Full access to a custom analytics platform, allowing commissioning and editorial teams to take more data-driven and profitable decisions.
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Improve the lifespan of key textbooks
By retrofitting existing titles with AR, publishers can protect their initial production investment while engaging key authors.
How does it work?
Ludenso Studio
Publishers can enrich an existing or new textbook with augmented reality in minutes. Ludenso Studio uses an intuitive drag-and-drop interface and provides access to a huge library of existing 3D models.
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Ludenso Explore
Students can then immediately access the AR enrichments (including interactive 3D models, videos, audio clips and links) via the Ludenso Explore app, by just holding their phone over the print or digital book.
Ludenso Analytics
Publishers get full access to a custom real-time analytics platform, displaying granular data on student engagement within their AR-enriched titles.
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What do our customers say?
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"When digital learning is at its best, it provides an enrichment of learners’ experiences, better retention in memory of vital knowledge, and develops both understanding and skill in all learners. The Ludenso team has done something very special; it is digital learning at its very best."
- Tim Oates, Group Director of the Assessment Research and Development at Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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"Ludenso makes it extremely simple for our team to create AR experiences with both new and already printed textbooks. This has been invaluable for our efforts to empower more students while increasing the sales of our textbooks"
- Bente Franck-Sætervoll, Director of Education at Aschehoug
"We are utilizing Ludenso for various book titles within the nurses’ educational program. Illustrations play a crucial role in these books, and now we can add medical 3D models, videos, sound files, and web links to improve student outcomes. As an editor, adding or removing AR elements is easy – even after the book is printed."
– Martine Hareide, Editor of Academic Literature at Gyldendal
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"Ludenso makes it extremely simple for our team to create AR experiences with both new and already printed textbooks. This has been invaluable for our efforts to empower more students while increasing the sales of our textbooks"
- Bente Franck-Sætervoll, Director of Education at Aschehoug
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"Ludenso makes it extremely simple for our team to create AR experiences with both new and already printed textbooks. This has been invaluable for our efforts to empower more students while increasing the sales of our textbooks"
- Bente Franck-Sætervoll, Director of Education at Aschehoug
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"Ludenso makes it extremely simple for our team to create AR experiences with both new and already printed textbooks. This has been invaluable for our efforts to empower more students while increasing the sales of our textbooks"
- Bente Franck-Sætervoll, Director of Education at Aschehoug
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