Our partner Consort World, based in Dubai, created a multisensory cabin by integrating our Sensory Go SHX inside a compact therapeutic pod designed to offer calm, regulation and moments of connection or joy in spaces where a full multisensory room isn’t possible.

The concept is intended for children, teenagers and adults who benefit from predictable, low-stimulus environments — especially neurodivergent people who experience sound, light or movement intensely. In schools, clinics, cultural spaces and other settings with limited space, the cabin provides a contained environment where overstimulation slows down and users can reconnect with calm, focus and emotional balance in just a few minutes.

What exactly is a multisensory cabin — and why is it so powerful for calm and regulation?

A multisensory cabin is a small, enclosed space designed to offer sensory safety and regulation in a controlled, private environment.

As Consort World explains:

“The idea behind the multisensory booth was to demonstrate that centers, schools, and hospitals don’t need a full dedicated sensory room to deliver high-quality sensory experiences. By installing a soundproof pod in any open space or atrium, they can immediately create a controlled, immersive environment without major renovations.”

The cabin offers enough room for a child and a therapist — or for an adult to enter alone or accompanied — while still being contained enough to reduce noise, bright light from busy environments and other unpredictable sensory input. The glass door keeps visibility and safeguarding, creating a protected space without feeling isolated.

By providing a predictable, low-stimulus atmosphere, it reduces sensory overload quickly and helps the nervous system settle — making users more open to connection, communication and therapeutic activities. 

What makes the cabin interactive and immersive?

Inside the cabin is a complete Sensory Go SHX — a portable multisensory cart that transforms any space into a therapeutic, wellness or recreational environment. It includes a bubble tube, fiber optics, a vibroacoustic cushion, a projector, integrated audio and a tablet preloaded with scenes and interactive activities.

Qinera’s SHX technology is what makes the cabin truly interactive. With just the press of a button, the entire environment shifts in harmony: lighting, sound, vibration, projection and every sensory element transform at once, creating immersive scenes that feel responsive and alive.

“Qinera’s SHX technology is a core part of the booth’s functionality,” Consort World explained.
“By integrating SHX inside the pod, we turn a compact space into a fully coordinated multisensory environment controlled from a single interface.”

Every scene can be customized by therapists, teachers or by the person using the space. This means the cabin adapts to the sensory and emotional needs of each user. You can create your own content, personalise each activity and offer multiple ways to interact — using the SHX tablet, Button 6, Button 1 or SHX Proximity.

In spaces like airports or shopping malls, this flexibility allows staff to load scenes that reduce sensory overload quickly, guide users toward calm or create familiar, predictable environments that help them navigate overwhelming moments with more ease.

The cabin can also evolve over time. In the Consort World setup, they added a vibroacoustic pouf — which quickly became one of the most grounding elements, offering a comfortable place to sit while exploring the bubble tube and the fiber optics.

A space that supports emotional wellbeing in schools

By reducing sensory input and offering a predictable environment, the cabin helps users return to a balanced state where they feel safe and emotionally grounded. Once regulated, they can re-engage with learning, communication and social interaction with much more ease.

“These spaces help students regulate, making it easier to calm down or refocus. They also promote inclusion by supporting students with different sensory needs in a respectful, accessible way.”

And because the Sensory Go SHX is fully portable, schools can also use it outside the cabin — in classrooms, therapy rooms or any available space — extending sensory support throughout the school day and making regulation possible wherever it’s needed.

Consort World sees multisensory environments as essential for the future of education and accessibility:

“Multisensory environments will play a growing role in supporting inclusion and emotional wellbeing. They give individuals of all sensory profiles a place to regulate, connect, and participate more fully”.

At Qinera, we share the same vision: a future where every person can feel safe, emotionally supported and free to participate in their environment with confidence.

Who else can benefit from a multisensory cabin?

Although the concept began with schools that don’t have space for a full sensory room, the cabin with Sensory Go SHX can support users in many environments where overstimulation is common:

• Mainstream schools: a calming space that helps students reset and return to learning.
• Special education schools: a predictable sensory space for therapy and structured sessions.
• Hospitals: a quiet, contained area that reduces medical anxiety and supports waiting periods.
• Airports: a predictable space for travellers experiencing sensory overload.
• Shopping malls: a supportive corner that creates breathing room in overstimulating spaces.
• Companies: a wellbeing space for employees to decompress and refocus.
• Museums and libraries: a calm zone to regulate before re-engaging with the space.
• Public spaces: a small refuge for anyone experiencing sensory overwhelm.

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Sensory systems are the first bridge to the world around us: through sight, hearing, touch, smell, and movement we build our identity, understand our needs, and begin to make sense of experiences.

In the early years of life, every experience leaves a deep mark: a sound that sparks curiosity, a light that surprises, a touch that soothes. It is through the senses that children start to discover the world, building their identity and learning how to relate to their surroundings.

Sensory maturation at this stage happens quickly and forms the foundation of all future development: from motor to cognitive, emotional, and social skills. Providing environments rich in appropriate stimuli means opening pathways to growth, autonomy, and well-being.

Discover, explore, grow: The magic of Multisensory Rooms

Multisensory rooms are created with this purpose: to allow children to experience primary and stimulating activities that require no prior knowledge — only the desire to perceive, explore, and be amazed.

In SHX multisensory rooms, children can engage with basic stimuli in an accessible way. A newborn cradled in a fetal bag finds calm and relief; a crawling child heads toward the ball pool; a button that changes the colors of the entire room sparks surprise and curiosity.

These accessible environments, rich in possibilities, support the maturation of sensory systems, strengthen the relationship with the environment, and allow a better understanding of each child’s preferences and abilities.

The added value of Qinera’s technology (SHX) lies in the ability to adapt and control stimuli: lights, images, sounds, and vibrations can be adjusted according to the child’s cognitive skills and developmental stage, creating meaningful and personalized experiences.

The senses as a driver of learning

As an occupational therapist with years of experience, I know that every motor milestone — holding the head up, sitting, crawling, walking — is born from a deep motivation: the desire to explore, to discover, to feel.

SHX multisensory rooms offer a wide variety of stimuli that spark curiosity and motor motivation. A vibrating bed synchronized with music helps the child perceive their own body and promotes relaxation. A luminous sphere that switches on and off stimulates the urge to move. A snuggle bag provides vestibular experiences that contribute to calmness and well-being.

Each object becomes an opportunity for motor and communicative learning.

Movement, in these rooms, is experienced as a need, a source of pleasure, and a path to discovery. Thanks to the safety of the spaces and the variety of surfaces, the child can explore without fear, finding in the multisensory environment a context of inclusion that also embraces those with motor delays, hypotonia, or insecurity.

From perception to action

Perception is the foundation of all learning. By following an object with their eyes, turning toward a sound, reacting to touch, or discovering scents and textures, the child builds their first cognitive connections.

Over time, perception turns into action: recognizing, imitating, anticipating, remembering, solving.

SHX multisensory rooms represent a true laboratory of integrated perceptions. Fiber optics, tactile discs, sound effects, ball pools, and sensory stories create immersive scenarios that stimulate multiple senses in a coherent way, reinforcing learning. With a simple switch or a tablet, a child can change the color of the entire room, understanding the cause-and-effect relationship.

Through these experiences, attention, memory, and problem-solving skills are developed in a context that combines play and therapy.

Why SHX Rooms make the difference

Multisensory rooms are therapeutic and educational tools that support overall development in early childhood. Thanks to Qinera’s interactive SHX system, each stimulus can be adapted to the child’s needs, transforming the room into a safe, stimulating, and motivating environment.

Whether it is a newborn in need of early stimulation, a child with motor disabilities, or a young explorer full of curiosity, the multisensory environment becomes a valuable ally. SHX multisensory rooms provide a unique context where play turns into learning, perception into action, and development finds fertile ground to grow strong and secure.

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Here are five ways to use them that might surprise you:

1. Supporting daily routines in elderly care homes

A sensory environment can accompany different moments of the day with light, sound, and projections: energizing in the morning, calming after lunch, relaxing at sunset. This helps establish healthier rhythms and routines, promotes participation, and strengthens residents’ social connections.

Benefits of a sensory routine for older adults

• Encourages participation and movement during active hours

• Supports emotional regulation and memory stimulation

• Enhances social connection during shared experiences

• Reduces stress and agitation, especially in people with dementia

• Promotes better sleep hygiene through structured sensory cues

A real example: Multisensory Room at STIMA Embajadores
Located in a senior day care center in Madrid, Spain, this space was designed to support daily routines and therapeutic interventions for older adults through a fully immersive environment. With the help of our own technology and specialized lighting, sound, and audiovisual equipment, the room adapts to each session — whether the goal is stimulation, relaxation, emotional regulation, or memory work.

2. Providing emotional support for teenagers

Some schools already use multisensory rooms as safe spaces where adolescents can learn to manage emotions, reduce anxiety, or simply take a few minutes to disconnect. Adolescence is a stage marked by emotional intensity, academic pressure, and constant change. Many students struggle to find spaces where they can manage stress, reset, and feel safe.

That’s why more schools and universities are turning to multisensory spaces as part of their wellbeing strategy.

Benefits of a multisensory room for teenagers

• Reduces stress and anxiety in a safe, non-clinical space

• Prevents sensory overload and emotional burnout

• Improves attention and classroom engagement

• Encourages self-care and emotional autonomy

• Fosters inclusion and accessibility

• Contributes to a positive and caring school climate

3. Creating immersive learning experiences in children

In educational settings, these rooms allow abstract concepts — like the seasons or continents — to be explored through immersive projections, sounds, textures, and light play. Perfect for all types of learning centers.

Turning abstract concepts into real-life experiences

• The four seasons: through projected landscapes, lighting, and sounds

• The continents: with music, images, and interactive scenes from around the world

• Nature and science: through videos, colors, textures, and cause-effect activities

• Storytelling: using light, vibration, and voice to spark imagination and comprehension

By combining projection, sound, light, movement, and interaction, these spaces allow children to see, hear, touch, and feel what they’re learning — making even the most abstract topics easier to understand and remember.

4. Enhancing early stimulation in young children

In early intervention centers, sensory environments are used to stimulate the senses of young children and support cognitive, motor, and communication development from the first months of life.

Why early sensory stimulation matters

• Cognitive development: through cause-and-effect interactions, attention, and visual recognition

• Motor development: by encouraging movement, posture control, balance, and coordination

• Language and communication: with tools that promote engagement and expression

• Emotional development: by supporting self-regulation and reducing anxiety

5. Promoting well-being at work for adults

Some companies are beginning to introduce sensory rooms as rest areas for employees. A break with soft lighting, relaxing sounds, or a starry sky can make a big difference in workplace stress.

Why bring a multisensory room to your company?

• Reduces stress and anxiety: calming the senses helps regulate emotions and prevent burnout

• Improves focus and performance: sensory breaks support mental clarity and reset

• Promotes a culture of care: investing in wellbeing sends a clear message — your people matter

• Enhances talent retention: supportive environments help people stay and grow

• Adapts to any space: Qinera’s technology is scalable, portable, and easy to install

Endless possibilities

As you can see, the possibilities of these rooms go far beyond traditional therapy. At Qinera, we believe multisensory rooms should adapt to the people who use them — not the other way around. That’s why we design each space according to the specific goals, needs, and context of every user. We’re proud to be part of this transformation, making sensory environments more accessible, personalised, and impactful.

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These sensory environments, equipped with advanced technology, offer an immersive and interactive sensory experience. With the correct therapeutic approach, they can have very positive impacts on the quality of life of elderly or dependent people, contributing to improving their health, autonomy, and mood.

The importance of sensory stimulation in elderly or dependent people

As we age and become more dependent, challenges to our health and well-being can arise. These include the decline in physical, cognitive, and sensory abilities, as well as loss of autonomy or lack of motivation. These challenges can affect the quality of life, mood, motor skills, and social abilities.

Sensory stimulation is a therapeutic leisure and well-being tool that aims to regulate the senses (sight, hearing, touch, proprioception) to improve the physical, emotional, and cognitive well-being of individuals.

These rooms allow for the activation, calming, or stimulation of the senses in a controlled environment where stimuli are adjustable by the therapist and controllable by the user. Thus, the elderly interact within a space filled with lights, images, sounds, and videos projected on the wall, experiencing various immersive experiences without leaving the room.

For example, they can be transported to a paradisiacal beach with just the press of a button, feeling the wind on their face and the vibration of the waves, or recall daily life concepts.

Benefits of sensory stimulation for the Elderly

• Cognitive rehabilitation: Sensory stimulation activates neural connections, promoting attention, memory, and thinking. This can help maintain and improve cognitive functions.
• Improvement of agnosias: The stimulation of the senses helps improve agnosias, aiding the elderly in their ability to interpret or recognize what they see or hear.
• Mood enhancement: Sensory stimulation can be pleasurable and relaxing, helping to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. These positive sensory experiences can improve mood and promote emotional well-being.
• Reduction of disruptive behaviors and apathy: It has been shown that the proper use of these resources provides experiences that help users reduce disruptive behaviors and apathy, which can accelerate deterioration.
• Promotion of social interaction: Shared sensory experiences in a stimulating environment can foster social interaction and communication, creating opportunities for emotional connection and social participation.

The role of new technologies in sensory stimulation

New technologies have revolutionized the way sensory stimulation can be provided to the elderly or dependent individuals. Qinera’s rooms with proprietary technology include elements like Proximity, a small platform where placing any object will project it on the wall accompanied by sounds, music, and lights as configured.

For example, we can place a toy elephant on the Proximity, and it will be projected on the wall while we hear it through the room’s speakers. All the lights in the room turn yellowish (representing the savannah), and the fan activates to make us feel there. We can choose any item, such as a fruit, and use it to remember old recipes or the person’s favorite dish.

These advanced technologies allow for greater flexibility and variety in sensory experiences, as they are fully customizable, adapting to each person’s preferences and needs. We can work on autobiographical memory and recognition by incorporating photographs of family members or old videos. We can also recall daily activities, object names, work on short-term memory, episodic memory, etc.

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At CEIP Lloma Llarga (Spain), we have been working with multisensory classrooms since the 2016-17 school year. Initially, our classroom was completely ‘low cost’: we created our immersive environments with materials made by ourselves and had very few devices to assist us in the task, just a few light tables, a sound system, and aroma diffusers. But let’s start from the beginning…

Integrating all our senses into the teaching-learning process

In our center, we have a philosophy: there is nothing in the mind that has not previously passed through the senses. The phrase is very good, but it’s not ours. It’s something Aristotle said over two thousand years ago. And he’s not wrong! If we analyze it, we realize that traditional teaching primarily uses two senses: sight and hearing. However, we have other senses that we are not taking advantage of: taste, touch, smell, proprioception, vestibular… Why not integrate them into the teaching-learning process as well?

These reflections led us to investigate more on the subject, to train ourselves in sensory pedagogies and active pedagogies. And so we discovered that, for example, the sense of smell is the most powerful in evoking memories from the past. If we integrate it into learning, we can make it easier to remember content if we have linked it to a specific aroma. And this works with the rest of the senses too. And the more senses we relate to the learning in question, the more meaningful the experience will be and the easier it will be to internalize and remember. In this way, we improve cognitive accessibility to the content for all students, favoring each one to rely on their sensory preferences.

With these premises, we began to work in the multisensory classroom. And we extended it to all students in the center because, seeing that it worked with students with educational needs, we knew it would also work with typically developing students. And the truth is that it does work.

We create immersive environments for all students

At first, it wasn’t easy. It was about creating immersive environments where students could live and experience the content we were working on. In early childhood education, we were working on the seasons of the year, which meant changing the classroom for each season (adapting materials, colors, smells…). This involved a huge effort, not only in terms of organization but also in creating all the necessary materials to carry it out. And then we found the solution in Qinera.

With the incorporation and installation of their technology in our new multisensory classroom, the possibilities multiplied. The ability to change environments with just one click helps us to work on many more things within our classroom. In the multisensory classroom, we can work from stories in early childhood education to curriculum content in primary education. We have conducted science sessions, spelling reviews, English sessions… The possibilities are endless.

The first step is to think about what we want to work on based on the needs we may have in the center. From there, and always following the Multisensory Storytelling methodology, the session is shaped.” – Yolanda, teacher at the center

In our classroom, journalists are graduating!

This year, we are working on an “Escape Room” where we review curricular content that is important for the students. The theme of the project is based on the center’s innovation project, which revolves around the media.

The objective of the Escape Room is to obtain a journalist diploma that will allow them to participate in other activities within the innovation project. The Escape Room consists of six challenges (adapted to each educational level), which are divided into three parts: print media, radio, and television.

Working on grammar and metaphonological skills

The written press tests serve us to work on grammar, metaphonological skills, and spelling.

1. As an introductory element to the activity, we use a teleprinter (we explain what it is and that it serves to receive messages).
2. Information arrives at our teleprinter altered, and the students have to fix it. This information may arrive with spelling mistakes, with words joined together… And the correct answer is found on the screen.
3. Thanks to the SHX system, we see the six options on the screen. Using the 6-button remote or Button 6, they choose the option they believe is correct, and that’s when the magic begins. Only the correct option activates a device in the room (for example, the bubble tube). The others don’t, although they do activate a music that lets us know we haven’t guessed correctly.

The next test is the newspaper layout. Our newspaper is inclusive and also works with pictograms. We carry this out on the light table, and we activate its color when we finish laying out the newspaper. Depending on the level of the students we are working with, the difficulty of the layout varies.

Auditory sequential memory and concentration

In the radio block, we work on tactile stimulation and concentration, as well as auditory sequential memory. We host a radio contest where they have to guess which song is playing. This activates the vibrating pouf… but it doesn’t end there.

• Once they’ve identified the song, the real “contest” begins. They have to count how many times certain words in the song are repeated (depending on the level, there may be more or fewer proposals), so that by the end of the song, they have the number of times each word is repeated.
• When we combine these numbers, a code is formed that they have to find on the screen and select with Button 6 the correct option. Again, if they find the key, a device will be activated in another color.

The next radio activity is description. We relate this activity to the radio by explaining that good radio announcers have to be able to describe things very well, since radio is a medium where we can only listen, we can’t see what they’re telling us. They become announcers and must describe an object inside a box (stereognosis box). This way, they work on oral expression and description. Additionally, they must perform this activity in a foreign language in higher grades (they review vocabulary in English). Each object they correctly identify is an option to uncover which box hides the color code.

Creativity and Mathematics

Once we finish the activities in the radio block, we move on to the television block. The first activity is related to mathematics.

• Under the pretext that we don’t have all the audience data for this week, we present mathematical problems that lead us to find this audience data. Depending on the level, calculations range from simple subtraction to combinations of much more complicated operations in the case of 5th and 6th graders.
• Again, we have six options on the screen, and they must find the cell where the correct result is to get the next color of the code.

The last activity of the Escape room closes the television block. Here we take the opportunity to work on oral expression, executive functions, planning, creativity, etc. and on a sensory level, we work on taste and smell. We have a chocolate fondue (which gives the classroom an olfactory ambiance) and we show them various pieces of fruit and wooden skewers. We explain that they are scriptwriters for a cooking program, and with these elements, they must think about what recipe they will develop for the program that week.

The most common thing is that they make a fruit skewer dipped in chocolate, but we reward originality, presentation, and even the name they give to the recipe. With the elaboration of the recipe, they obtain the last color code of the escape room.

If you remember, each activity has been triggering a device that lit up in a different color each time. They have to remember the code of the six colors to reproduce them on the Button 6. If they enter it correctly, a video is activated congratulating them for reaching the end and for overcoming the challenge. At the end of the session, they are awarded a diploma certifying that they are now professional journalists (remember that this was the objective of the Escape room).

An extremely positive experience for both students and teachers

This is just one example of everything we can do in a multisensory classroom. Our experience has been very positive, as all the curriculum content we work on in the classroom is experienced with great intensity and emotion, which makes them work without realizing they are working. This motivation helps them overcome their difficulties without being aware of their effort, as they see it as a game. And for a child, playing is the most natural thing to do. What better way to learn than through play?

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