Design Interactive

Design Interactive is a research and technology company that has worked since 1998 on tools to improve how people perform at work. It builds software and immersive training shaped by operational needs, involving end users throughout development. Much of its work supports mission readiness, with a stated aim of cutting cognitive load and friction in workflows.

Services

• Human factors and systems integration: research that puts operators at the centre of system design.
• XR training and job aids: AR, VR and mixed reality training, plus automatically generated job performance aids that capture expert knowledge.
• UX and human-centred design: interfaces designed around the people using them.
• Data science and AI: analytics and machine learning that turn mixed data sources into usable intelligence.
• Software development and integration: full life cycle Agile development and system integration.
• Applied research: technology development and digital transformation projects.

Customers and markets

The company serves organisations with operational and mission needs, and its VR work with palliative care patients was featured by Forbes Health.

Key facts

• Founded: 1998
• Specialisms: extended reality (AR, VR, MR), digital twins, human performance capture
• Method: Agile development