zSpace, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZSPC) began trading Tuesday slightly higher The San Jose-based company, a leading provider of augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) solutions for education, today announced a partnership with Eight Million Stories, Inc., a nonprofit organization founded to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. Through immersive, hands-on learning, zSpace technology is helping formerly incarcerated and disconnected youth close academic gaps, explore career pathways, and rebuild confidence in their futures.
Since its founding in 2017, Eight Million Stories has focused on serving students who have experienced incarceration or disengagement from traditional schooling. Many arrive having faced significant barriers to re-entry into community schools and limited access to high-quality, individualized education.
“Through zSpace’s headset-free augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) platform,” reads this morning’s news release, “students are gaining hands-on exposure to career pathways including healthcare, automotive technology, gaming, and other high-demand fields. The immersive experiences are designed to help learners explore interests, develop critical thinking skills, and connect classroom learning to real-world opportunities.”
“Many of our students have not had positive educational experiences,” said Marvin Pierre, Co-Founder and Executive Director of 8 Million Stories. “By leveraging innovative programs like zSpace, we are not only closing academic skill gaps — we are reigniting hope. We’re giving young people the opportunity to explore their interests, discover their gifts, and envision a future they may not have seen for themselves before.”
ZSPC shares inched up 1.2%, to 27 cents.
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