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Playing for higher purposes.

Play Higher uses immersive career exploration to open doors to careers that are often difficult to see, reach, or imagine. Our flagship experience focuses on behavioral health and social work careers.

Join our quest to make higher opportunities accessible to all!

What is Play Higher?

We use immersive play to open doors by connecting students to careers they may have never considered and expanding access to higher education. In doing so, we help strengthen rural and underserved communities. 

67.3% of students reported increased career interests after playing!

Featured experience: Behavioral Health Social Work

Step into the role of a behavioral health social worker through immersive virtual reality.

Play Higher for Behavioral Health: A social work job simulator for virtual reality headsets

Navigate real-world scenarios, make decisions, and explore careers like a therapist or case manager. Play Higher combines gameplay with career exploration to show students what it's really like to work in behavioral health - and how to get there! Watch the trailer video to the left or through this link. 

Learn about the career pathways and college degrees that will get you there.

Project Goals

Training

Training

We create virtual and extended reality games to train students for their work in the field. 

Teacher talking to students

Innovation

Using innovative technologies and modalities, we apply gamification to career exploration and development.

Simulation

Simulation

Through simulation, we introduce users to novel educational environments.

Outreach

Outreach

Our games target a broad audience for greatest outreach and impact.

Want to Play?

 Contact us to find out how!

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