Läsning börjar med ögonen – inte med bokstäverna
Reading begins with the eyes – not with the letters
(Part 2 of 3 in a blog series about vision and reading) In the previous post, we talked about children who manage to read for about five minutes – and... Read more...
VR i skolan: Helsingfors testar Imvi för att stärka elevers läsförmåga
VR in schools: Helsinki tests Imvi to strengthen students' reading comprehension
Spring 2026 — Paloheinä and Kannelmäki schools, Helsinki Imvi is currently testing VR-based reading training in two schools in Helsinki. The pilot project investigates how immersive content from services like... Read more...
Forskningsstudie startar i Kauniaisten kaupunki - Grankulla stad, Finland!
Research study begins in Kauniainen - Grankulla, Finland!
Last week, we met with the guardians of students at Grankulla Grundskola who are now part of a unique research study in collaboration with the University of Helsinki. How did... Read more...
Vissa barn kan läsa – i ungefär fem minuter
Some children can read — for about five minutes
Some children can read — for about five minutes. Then they lose their place.The text starts to blur together.They become tired, restless, or avoid reading altogether. This is often not... Read more...
Imvi Labs – finalist till Årets Startup 2026
Imvi Labs – Finalist for Startup of the Year 2026
We are proud to share that Imvi Labs has been named one of three finalists for Startup of the Year 2026 at the Malmö Business Gala. Following the jury's review... Read more...
2025. Året då samsyn blev synligt
2025. The year when consensus became visible
The year began with Vinnova granting planning support for Imvi Pro. Shortly thereafter, SVD Junior featured our training, and we participated in Educca in Helsinki together with Binogi. At the... Read more...
Använd ditt friskvårdsbidrag för att träna med Imvi
Use your wellness allowance to train with Imvi
Did you know that Imvi Labs training is approved as a wellness benefit by the Swedish Tax Agency? This means you can use your wellness allowance to improve your eye... Read more...
Inspirationshelg – tack Lärare Tipsar Lärare!
Inspiration weekend – thank you Teachers Teach Teachers!
This weekend, we participated in Lärare Tipsar Lärare (Teachers Advise Teachers) in Rättvik – a jubilee event celebrating 5 years and gathering dedicated educators from all over the country. We... Read more...
Samsynsproblem och läsförmåga – Rune Brautaset på Skolportens konferens Läs- och skrivsvårigheter 2025
Vision problems and reading ability – Rune Brautaset at Skolporten's conference Reading and Writing Difficulties 2025
When Swedish students struggle with reading, it's not always the letters or words that are the problem – sometimes it's their vision itself that isn't cooperating. During Skolporten's conference Reading... Read more...
Expanding Access to Vision Training: YLE Arenan and Jupiter TV Integration
Utökad tillgång till synrehabilitering: Integration av YLE Arenan och Jupiter TV
Vision training shouldn't feel like a chore—it should be a natural, enjoyable part of daily life. At Imvi Labs, we've always believed that the key to effective brain-eye coordination training... Read more...
Special Nest skriver om Imvi Labs
Special Nest writes about Imvi Labs
In a new article in Special Nest, Rune Brautaset, professor of optometry at Karolinska Institutet and advisor to Imvi Labs, talks about our VR-based training to improve binocular vision. Read... Read more...
Synträning för skolor: Wisconsins fallstudie och hur Imvi gör det prisvärt
Vision Training for Schools: The Wisconsin Case Study and How Imvi Makes it Affordable
This article shows how vision therapy can improve reading for children who struggle with reading, focusing on a case study from Melrose-Mindoro in Wisconsin. It explains common causes like convergence... Read more...
Imvi Labs uppmärksammas i tidningen Vi Lärare: VR-baserad ögonträning i fokus under riksdagsseminarium
Imvi Labs featured in the newspaper Vi Lärare: VR-based eye training in focus during parliamentary seminar
For us at Imvi Labs, it is an honor to contribute to a parliamentary discussion on children's reading ability and future. Our goal is clear: to give every child the... Read more...
Imvi med i Mitt I Stockholm - Skärmtid som gör skillnad, elever tränar läsning med VR
Imvi featured in Mitt I Stockholm - Screen time that makes a difference, students practice reading with VR
The headteacher describes the experience as “a bit crazy” – a silent classroom where all students sit completely focused with VR headsets on. It's an unusual addition to the school... Read more...
Imvi möter skolledare från Gunma i Japan
Imvi meets school leaders from Gunma in Japan
Imvi Labs recently had the honor of hosting school leaders from Gunma Prefecture in Japan, invited by the Malmö Primary Education Department. Our chief evangelist Erik Kayser explained how Imvi's... Read more...
Imvi Labs partners with Silmatark to bring binocular-vision training to Estonia
Imvi Labs partners with Silmatark to bring binocular-vision training to Estonia
Imvi Labs and Silmatark today announce a collaboration to make binocular-vision training available to people in Estonia. The Imvi program is VR-based and developed in collaboration with researchers at Karolinska... Read more...
Imvi-studierna vid Karolinska Institutet (2022, 2025) – Sverige
Imvi studies at Karolinska Institutet (2022, 2025) – Sweden
Two studies from Karolinska Institutet show that Imvis' VR-based training leads to significant improvements in eye coordination – both in individuals with convergence insufficiency and in individuals without diagnosed deviations.... Read more...
När ögonen tröttar ut hjärnan – en förbisedd orsak till läsproblem
When the eyes tire the brain – an overlooked cause of reading problems
Research shows that up to 80% of children with reading difficulties have subtle deficits in how the eyes work together – so-called preclinical convergence problems. They are not noticeable in... Read more...
Samsyn går att träna. Denna studie visar tydliga effekter på fokus, uthållighet och läsflyt
Consensus can be trained. This study shows clear effects on focus, perseverance and reading fluency
Scheiman et al. (2005/2011) In an American randomized study, Scheiman et al. showed that training of co-vision and convergence produces significant improvements in both eye coordination and symptoms . The... Read more...
Fokussvårigheter kan synas i ögonrörelser
Difficulty focusing may be visible in eye movements
Jiménez et al. (2020) – Spain Title: Eye vergence responses in children with and without reading difficulties during a word detection task PubMed – PMID: 32143068 In a 2020 study,... Read more...
Försämrad samsyn hos elever med lässvårigheter
Impaired consensus in students with reading difficulties
García-Muñoz et al. (2010) Title: Visual function in school children with reading difficulties The study by García Muñoz and colleagues (2010) shows that children with reading difficulties often have subtle... Read more...
Läströtthet & fokusproblem kan ha sin grund i samsyn
Reading fatigue & focus problems may be due to lack of common sense
Palomo-Álvarez & Puell (2010) – Spain Spanish researchers compared children with and without reading difficulties. Despite normal visual acuity, the children with reading difficulties had significantly worse eye coordination. So... Read more...
80 % av 461 high school-elever med lässvårigheter har prekliniska problem med samsynen
80% of 461 high school students with reading disabilities have preclinical problems with consensus
Grisham et al. (2007) studied 461 American high school students (mean age 15.4 years) identified as poor readers. Although only 17% had impaired visual acuity, 80% showed significant deficits in... Read more...
80 % av barn med lässvårigheter visar nedsatta visuella funktioner
80% of children with reading difficulties show impaired visual functions
The American Optometrists Association (AOA) states that up to 80% of children with reading difficulties show impaired visual function – even though they pass vision tests. These are subtle problems... Read more...
Lettisk studie visar ackommodations- och binokulära problem hos 69 % av barn med lässvårigheter
Latvian study shows accommodation and binocular problems in 69% of children with reading difficulties
Ceple et al. (2024) – Latvia In a Latvian study from 2024 accommodation and binocular problems were found in 69% of children with reading difficulties , compared to 47% in the control... Read more...
Imvi Labs Graduates from Creative Destruction Lab’s 2024/2025 CDL- Estonia Digital Society Stream
Imvi Labs Graduates from Creative Destruction Lab's 2024/2025 CDL- Estonia Digital Society Stream
Improving reading and attention through innovative brain-eye coordination training in VR MALMÖ, Sweden — July 2025 — Imvi Labs, a Swedish edtech company transforming how people read and focus through... Read more...
Imvi Labs till final i SKAPA
Imvi Labs to the finals of SKAPA
The jury's motivation reads: "With Imvi Labs' now commercialized and patented solution for eye coordination training, users can significantly increase their reading and concentration skills with minimal training, saving time,... Read more...
Samsynsproblem – en orsak till många lässvårigheter
Consistency problems – a cause of many reading difficulties
What is consensus and consensus problems? Normally, the brain receives images from both eyes at the same time. The brain combines the two images into one to create a visual... Read more...
Imvi labs tar in kapital för att accelerera satsningar på försäljning och marknadsföring
Imvi labs raises capital to accelerate sales and marketing efforts
Imvis' three co-founders are Michael Malmqvist, who invented the method and has worked with vision training for 15 years, Rune Brautaset, who is a professor in Optometi and has researched... Read more...
Konvergensträning med VR teknik
Convergence training with VR technology
Significant optical improvements were measured after only 8 training sessions of 15 minutes each, i.e., a total of 120 minutes of training. From this, it can be concluded that the... Read more...
Hälsoinnovation tar in mer kapital än väntat
Health innovation attracts more capital than expected
We applied for 3 million SEK and raised 3.5 million SEK in capital and received 0.5 million SEK in support from Vinnova and an innovation loan from Almi of 0.5... Read more...
Vi fick träffa människorna som vi hjälper
We got to meet the people we help
That's why it felt absolutely wonderful to come to Thorén Business School in Malmö today and meet 15 students from the Natural Sciences program who will be running our training... Read more...
Vinnova stöttar läshjälp som vill nå skolor
Vinnova supports reading aids that want to reach schools
The companies should not only work with sustainability in a responsible way, but the whole business idea is to contribute to solving a global societal challenge. – We are very... Read more...
Börje Häggkvist: Symptomfri efter 39 år av dubbelseende – fantastiska framsteg efter 6 veckor med Imvi
Börje Häggkvist: Symptom-free after 39 years of double vision – fantastic progress after 6 weeks with Imvi
After a traffic accident in 1985 and a severe concussion that caused double vision for 39 years, Börje is symptom-free after 6 weeks of Imvi training. According to the consensus... Read more...
Samsyn — vad är det och vad innebär problem med samsynen
Consensus — what is it and what are the problems with consensus?
Conscientiousness is a crucial skill for our daily lives, but it's something many people may not think about until problems arise. But what does conciousness actually mean, and what happens... Read more...
Dold skelning — det oupptäckta hindret i din dagliga produktivitet
Hidden squint — the undetected obstacle to your daily productivity
Hidden strabismus, also called latent strabismus problem or phoria, is an often overlooked eye condition that can have a bigger impact on your daily life than you might realize. Imagine how your... Read more...
Imvi intervjuas i podden Funkismorsorna
Imvi is interviewed in the Funkismorsorna podcast
Our CEO Peter Carlsson is interviewed about Imvi Lab's training by the awesome Funkismors. This is how they describe the episode: “This week we have a super exciting collaboration with... Read more...
Japanska studier visar att samsynsträning i skolan stödjer läsutveckling och lärande
Japanese studies show that consensus training in school supports reading development and learning
Concurrent vision training, a method for improving brain-eye coordination, effectively improves visual function in children with reading and writing difficulties. Research from Japan, presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of... Read more...
Rektor Cecilia förbereder höstens träning genom att själv träna med Imvi
Principal Cecilia prepares for the fall training by training with Imvi herself
Cecilia is the principal at The Hästens Free School in Farsta , Stockholm. She and the teachers involved have been training with Imvi in recent weeks to gain experience of the... Read more...
Erfarenheter från en Specialpedagog i Kramfors: Åsa Aretorns resa med Imvi
Experiences from a Special Education Teacher in Kramfors: Åsa Aretorn's journey with Imvi
My name is Åsa and I work as a special education teacher at Ballsta - and Uusimaa School in Kramfors. We are currently training our first batch of students. Before the training, we... Read more...
Discovering DIGIT-PRE winners, interview with Imvi Labs and Accelerated Growth
Discovering DIGIT-PRE winners, interview with Imvi Labs and Accelerated Growth
In DIGIT-PRE Newsletter #3 Imvi Labs and Accelerated Growth are featured with their winning project “Impact Post Stroke” . Peter Carlsson, CEO of Imvi Labs says: "We have so far focused... Read more...
Imvi Labs vinner pitchtävligen Nordic Innovation Space på SETT 2024
Imvi Labs wins the Nordic Innovation Space pitch competition at SETT 2024
For the first time at the school fair SEEN Nordic Innovations Space was organized: An exciting space where edtech startups from the Nordic region present their solutions. The companies also participated in... Read more...
Pressinbjudan från SETT “Spotlight på Imvi Labs”
Press invitation from SETT “Spotlight on Imvi Labs”
In its press invitation, SETT highlights Imvi Labs as one of the highlights of the meeting place that SETT represents: • The European Commission presents the Digital Education Action Plan... Read more...
Imvi Labs tillagt på SPSM:s inspirationsidor: Förbättrad tillgänglighet i utbildningen
Imvi Labs added to SPSM's inspiration pages: Improved accessibility in education
We are pleased to announce that Imvi is now included on the Special Education School Authority's (SPSM) inspiration pages! This inclusion marks a significant milestone in our work to improve... Read more...
Imvi Labs ett av fem skånska företag utvalda till DIGIT-PRE:s accelerationsprogram
Imvi Labs one of five Skåne companies selected for DIGIT-PRE's acceleration program
Imvi Lab's sub-project “Impacting Post Stroke” in collaboration with Accelerated Growth Lab (RO) is one of twelve sub-projects that have progressed in the DIGIT-PRE call. Now an acceleration program awaits... Read more...
Vårt samsynstest
Our consensus test
The CISS, or Convergence Insufficiency Symptom Survey, is a scale used to assess the symptoms of convergence insufficiency, a common eye muscle disorder. The originator of the CISS is Dr.... Read more...
Tänk vad du kan uppnå genom att titta på Youtube eller SVT under 6 timmar utspritt över 6 veckor!
Imagine what you can achieve by watching Youtube or SVT for 6 hours spread over 6 weeks!
It's certainly great to see Malin Johansson from Stockholm talk about her improvements after just 6 weeks with imvi labs ab — improving vision! Read more...
Imvi Labs has been pre-approved for EU support under the DIGIT-PRE program
Imvi Labs has been pre-approved for EU support under the DIGIT-PRE program
EU Recognizes Innovative Post-Stroke Project: “Impacting post stroke patients and society with vergence training” by Imvi Labs and Accelerated Growth Lab Read more...
Imvi Labs säkrar 4 MSEK i kapitalresning för kommersialisering av innovativ träning
Imvi Labs secures 4 MSEK in capital raising for commercialization of innovative training
Imvi Labs has recently successfully closed a capital round resulting in 4 MSEK in investments, the company's largest issuance to date. This capital injection is intended primarily to support the... Read more...
Imvi Labs och Binogi i samarbete för stärkt lästräning
Imvi Labs and Binogi collaborate to strengthen reading training
Binogi provides short educational films that are based on storytelling and capture the viewer's interest. All developed evidence-based by the Language Project. Imvi Labs has, together with Karolinska Institutet, developed... Read more...