The library thus moves away from being only a place for consultation and silence and becomes a space that supports, regulates and prepares people to engage with knowledge at their own pace and according to their needs. In addition, the space is open to the community: medical-social centres, professionals and families can use it for sensory stimulation and workshops, strengthening the library’s role as a shared public resource.

How does the library environment affect how people access culture?

The environment plays a key role in how people engage with culture. Imagine a space defined by reading in strict silence, tension and a cold atmosphere—conditions that may support concentration for some, but make it harder for others to relax, focus or feel welcome. This raises an important question: how can libraries support different ways of engaging with culture without losing their identity?

Integrating a multisensory room into a library does not mean changing its identity, but expanding it: incorporating experiences that prepare, accompany and enrich the relationship with cultural content.

Not everyone accesses knowledge through traditional reading, nor with the same levels of attention or sensory tolerance. Let us think, for example, of a person with autism. For them, a conventional library can be challenging: difficulty concentrating, filtering environmental stimuli and sustaining attention over time. A multisensory space within the library offers a controlled, predictable and adaptable environment where the person can self-regulate, feel safe and prepare to access other cultural activities within the same centre.

What elements are included in the multisensory space at Le Bélieu?

The multisensory space at Le Bélieu integrates Qinera’s SHX technology. This system allows all the elements in the room— vibroacoustic stimulation, projections, lighting, sound and other sensory effects—to be synchronised at the same time, creating immersive sensory scenes that can recreate real environments such as a forest, the ocean or other settings. These scenarios can be adapted to different moments, activities and individual needs.

One of the key values of this technology lies in how people can interact with the space. Different control systems—such as Button 1, Button 6 and interactive dice—enable users to engage with the environment according to their own mode of access. Through these controllers, users can change the colour or intensity of the bubble tube and fiber optics, launch sensory scenes, learn through play, or create simple games using other sensory elements such as ultraviolet light.

This capacity for interaction gives users a sense of agency and control over the space, turning them from passive observers into active participants. It also opens up new cultural possibilities: storytelling through projections, playful learning experiences, and moments of calm and exploration that respond to the people using the room.

Benefits of integrating multisensory stimulation in a library

1. A different and immersive way of learning
In a multisensory room, learning happens through experiences in which users actively interact with the environment—its colours, sounds, projections and sensory elements. This stimulates curiosity, exploration and participation, allowing people to learn in ways that go beyond traditional reading or listening.

2. Preparing people to read, learn and participate
By reducing sensory overload and creating a calmer atmosphere, multisensory environments help people focus, pay attention and engage more easily with reading and learning activities.

3. Activation when engagement and energy are needed
Beyond calm, multisensory spaces can also activate the senses when more energy is needed. Light, sound, movement and interaction help spark motivation and engagement, supporting learning and participation in a more dynamic way.

4. Storytelling through audiovisual contents
The multisensory space transforms storytelling into an immersive and interactive activity. Stories are told through projections, and as the narrative unfolds, the colours, sounds, vibrations and different elements of the room change in sync with what is happening. Using simple controllers, users can interact directly with the story to move it forward, allowing children to engage actively with the space and strengthening comprehension, imagination and emotional connection.

5. Designed for different users and needs
The multisensory room is designed to adapt to different users, ages and situations. Qinera’s SHX technology includes a library of content created by therapists and professionals and allows new content to be added, making it possible to tailor each experience to specific needs.

• For babies and young children, the space offers a safe and engaging environment for sensory exploration and early development. Through light, sound and simple interactions, children can explore cause-and-effect, build sensory awareness, awaken curiosity and begin to connect with stories and learning in a natural, playful way.
• For people with autism or cognitive disabilities, the multisensory room provides a predictable, adaptable and controllable environment that feels safe and not overwhelming. 
• For teenagers, university students and adults, the space can also function as a place for regulation, stress relief and group activities. It offers a supportive environment to disconnect, lower stress levels or take part in collaborative experiences.
• For families it offers a space to spend quality time together, engaging in stories, sensory exploration and moments of calm without pressure or rigid rules. 
• For professionals and other centres, the space can also be used for guided sessions, workshops and group activities, extending the library’s role as a cultural and community resource.

Towards more human and inclusive libraries

Le Bélieu shows that it is possible to innovate in cultural spaces without losing their essence. By integrating a multisensory space, the library has created a model that can be replicated in other libraries and institutions, while allowing more people to access, participate in and experience culture in ways that are more welcoming and aligned with their own needs.

👉 This project was made possible thanks to ArchiZenco, our partner in France, whose collaboration was key to bringing this multisensory space to life.

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Control an SHX sensory room with the Sensory Cube

The Sensory Cube is a wireless controller that turns interaction into something intuitive and playful. It allows users to activate and control different elements of the space, either individually or simultaneously. Imagine changing the colors of your sensory room lighting simply by rolling a dice. Each face of the cube can be customised with an image, making it easy to design unique sensory sessions and adapt activities to different goals, users, or moments.

Changing the colors of your Luminea devices has never been so fun and educational. This interaction supports the development of skills such as cause-and-effect understanding, joint attention, and fine motor skills.

With the Sensory Cube, you simply roll the cube and watch as the colors of your Luminea lighting devices change. Your bubble tube, fiber optics, ball pool, and LED lights can all light up according to the color shown on the cube. The experience can be further enriched by combining it with the Luminea App, opening up even more possibilities for sensory stimulation and play.

Users actively engage in this immersive experience, encouraging skills such as choice-making, memory, and communication.

Interaction through movement with the Sensory Step 

The Sensory Step is a wireless, color-coded mat that gives you full control of your multisensory room. Like the Sensory Cube, it allows users to control Luminea devices individually or change the audiovisual scenes included in the SHX System.

This mat is ideal for those looking for a simple and versatile setup. Imagine changing the lighting colors with a single step or transforming the room into a new themed environment just by stepping on the mat.

Step on yellow to change the colors of the bubble tube, jump on red to switch the fiber optics or ball pool. Interaction with the Sensory Step places users at the center of the experience, encouraging active participation in sensory stimulation and supporting learning and development.

The Sensory Step allows you to control your multisensory environment using your feet. Simply step on one of the colored buttons and transform the entire room into a new themed environment. Images, videos, sounds, vibrations, and other immersive effects can be triggered just by stepping on the mat—promoting active engagement and the development of social skills, among others.

Bring objects to life with SHX Proximity

SHX Proximity offers an innovative way to interact within a multisensory room. This technology allows real objects to be used to modify the environment and transform the room into a themed space directly linked to those objects.

Simply place any object on the SHX Proximity tray and watch as the entire room comes to life with lighting, images, sounds, vibrations, and more.

SHX Proximity is very easy to use. The system includes cards and stickers that can be programmed to trigger SHX content. Each card or sticker can be customized and linked to specific scenes or activities.

Once the programmed object is placed on the tray, the room delivers the immersive experience you have assigned.

Explore multisensory spaces through objects with the Magic Table

The Magic Table is another exciting way to interact within a multisensory room. By using real objects, users can transform the entire space into a themed environment connected to what they place on the table.

Simply place an object on the Magic Table and the room comes alive. Lights, images, sounds, music, vibrations, and other multisensory effects activate together, creating a fully immersive experience. An object can instantly transport users to the jungle, space, the sea, or any environment you choose.

The system is fully customizable, allowing you to create your own thematic environments using personal images, videos, and sounds.

It also opens up valuable therapeutic and educational opportunities. By associating everyday objects—such as toys, pictures, materials, or cards—with multisensory content, it supports attention, interaction, memory, cause-and-effect understanding, and communication.

Easy to configure and fully integrated into the SHX System, the Magic Table combines tangible interaction with immersive technology to create meaningful, engaging sensory experiences.

Experience control with Button 6

Button 6 is a versatile controller with six buttons that makes interaction with multisensory room elements simple and intuitive.

By touching different buttons, users can activate and change sensory elements such as lighting, colors, or effects, either individually or across the whole room.

It can be used both with Luminea lighting devices and as a controller for the SHX System allowing sessions to be adapted to different needs and objectives. Its flexible configuration makes it easy to adjust how the environment responds, supporting clear, accessible, and meaningful interaction.

With Button 6, users gain precise and adaptable control over the sensory space, encouraging participation and cause-and-effect understanding.

In summary

There are multiple control methods that make it possible to interact with an SHX Sensory Room in meaningful and accessible ways. By adapting how people engage with the space, these tools support learning, communication, and sensory regulation across a wide range of needs.

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We understand that daily challenges go beyond diagnosis, which is why we strive to provide tools that enable each person to express themselves, interact, and navigate their environment with greater autonomy.

Multisensory stimulation has become a key tool for improving quality of life, facilitating communication, learning, and emotional regulation in various contexts. In this regard, multisensory rooms featuring Qinera’s technology have proven to be a valuable therapeutic resource for individuals with rare diseases.

Benefits of sensory stimulation for individuals with Rett syndrome

Rett syndrome is a genetic neurological disorder that primarily affects girls and is caused by mutations in the MECP2 gene, located on the X chromosome. It is a rare disease, with a prevalence of approximately 1 in every 10,000 to 15,000 births.

It is characterized by difficulties in communication, mobility, and coordination, as well as respiratory and autonomic nervous system issues, and challenges in interacting with the environment, among others.

Despite these limitations, girls and women with Rett syndrome have the potential to communicate, learn, and participate in daily life if they receive the right support, such as sensory stimulation.

Enhancing skills through sensory stimulation

Sensory stimulation is a key strategy for fostering the development of individuals with Rett syndrome, as it helps enhance their abilities, improves their well-being, and facilitates communication.

• Augmentative Communication: With assistive technology, such as eye trackers or augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems, individuals with Rett syndrome can control certain elements of the multisensory room using their gaze. Keep reading to discover the Luminea Remote App.
• Learning: By adapting information processing, sensory stimulation contributes to learning, helping individuals with Rett syndrome maintain attention and process concepts more effectively.
• Environmental interaction: In a multisensory room each user can take control of their own experience, even with limited mobility. Thanks to tools like the Luminea Remote app, they can interact with the space using only their gaze, choosing which lights to turn on, what colors to project, or when to turn the page in a digital storybook. This decision-making ability not only empowers the user but also fosters socialization and connection with others, enabling shared experiences in an accessible, inclusive, and stimulating environment.
• Emotional regulation: Multisensory stimulation plays a fundamental role in emotional regulation, reducing anxiety and fostering calmness through controlled environments that minimize sensory overload.
• Boosting autonomy: It enables individuals with Rett syndrome to develop decision-making strategies and control their surroundings.

The most interactive technology!

Interactive Multisensory Environments

Qinera’s unique technology includes a wide range of audiovisual content embedded within a tablet which can be projected onto a wall for full-room visual and auditory immersion. At the same time, all Luminea light elements change color simultaneously.

Designed by therapists, this content supports learning, communication, interaction, and controlled stimulus and emotion regulation. Topics include world landmarks, numbers, fruits, colors, animals, natural environments, stories, and more.

User-Controlled Spaces

Our multisensory environments can be controlled in multiple ways:

• A simple button that transforms the entire room into an immersive environment.
• Devices such as a sensory cube, a button remote, or a tablet, among others.
• Voice and Eye Control, enabling interaction for individuals with severe motor impairments, as is often the case with Rett syndrome.

The Luminea Remote was developed with this in mind. It’s an app that allows users to interact easily and personally with devices such as bubble tubes, fibre optics, projectors, and interactive lights, facilitating sensory experiences tailored to different needs. This application can be controlled via eye gaze through communication software like Grid 3 or Communicator 5.

Customizable Audiovisual Content

We work to ensure that these solutions are accessible and adaptable, allowing therapists, educators, speech therapists, and other professionals to tailor experiences to each individual’s needs. In our rooms it is possible to:

• Upload personal content from YouTube, a computer, a USB drive, or the Internet.
• Personalize experiences with recognizable photos or videos.
• Configure the room for each session, from a relaxing atmosphere to an active learning space.

The versatility of our proprietary technology makes our SHX Rooms a powerful tool for improving sensory regulation, promoting relaxation, and stimulating cognitive and motor abilities.

A real example: CromoSomos Center & Mi Princesa Rett

A clear example of the positive impact of these environments is the work done at CromoSomos, a reputable Spanish center for Rett syndrome and rare diseases. At Qinera, we collaborated closely with their team to design a customized multisensory room adapted to their therapeutic needs. The room is equipped with advanced technology to support sensory stimulation and the well-being of girls with Rett syndrome.

Thanks to personalized stimuli and interactive systems, users can explore their environment in ways suited to their abilities, enhancing their emotional well-being and environmental connection. Virginia Barragán, a therapist at the center, emphasizes the importance of continuing to invest in technological solutions that promote autonomy and inclusion. You can learn more about the room and its therapies in this video 👇🏼.

Commitment to accessibility and innovation

Every individual is unique and deserves access to tools that support their development in an accessible, stimulating, and safe environment. At Qinera, we continue working to provide solutions that transform lives and to support families, professionals, and organizations that strive to improve quality of life through multisensory technology.

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These environments are widely used in therapy and education, especially for individuals with sensory processing disorders, autism, intellectual disabilities, and neurological conditions. These spaces promote sensory integration, emotional regulation, communication skills, and overall engagement by offering a safe, interactive space where users can explore and connect with their surroundings.

These spaces offer transformative room where communication, sensory integration, and autonomy converge for AAC users. By reducing anxiety and providing carefully controlled sensory input, these rooms enhance focus, social interaction, and cognitive skills. Tools like  Luminea Remote and Grid 3 take this a step further, allowing users to control sensory elements through their AAC systems, making therapy more engaging and personalized.

It allows users to enhance real-life communication as well as improve their access method, such as eye-tracking, providing them with meaningful experiences that promote growth, interaction, and motivation.

Curious about how this works? Let’s explore together and discover the endless possibilities multisensory spaces offer for AAC users!

Why are multisensory spaces powerful tools for AAC users?

Multisensory rooms go beyond sensory stimulation—they offer a transformative space where communication and connection thrive for AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) users. These environments create a calm, controlled setting that helps reduce anxiety and sensory overload, two common barriers for individuals who rely on AAC. With reduced stress and a more balanced sensory experience, users can focus more effectively on their communication systems, making their interactions more meaningful and purposeful.

For many AAC users, sensory processing challenges can complicate their ability to engage with their surroundings. Multisensory rooms offer carefully managed sensory input, promoting better sensory regulation and integration. This enhanced sensory processing creates a solid foundation for learning and using AAC devices, as it increases the user’s awareness and responsiveness to both their environment and communication partners, as well as with their therapist.

In addition to fostering individual communication growth, multisensory spaces become vibrant hubs for social interaction. They encourage spontaneous communication, collaboration, and shared experiences in a natural, non-threatening environment. Whether users explore the room with a caregiver or engage in group activities with companions, these spaces provide real-life communication opportunities that build social skills and reinforce the practical use of AAC systems.

Ultimately, multisensory environments empower AAC users by supporting autonomy and self-expression in ways that traditional settings cannot. By tailoring stimuli to individual needs, they open doors to deeper engagement, connection, and growth in communication.

6 proven therapeutic benefits of Multisensory Environments for AAC users

1. Enhance sensory regulation and emotional balance
   Controlled sensory input reduces anxiety and sensory overload, promoting a calmer state that improves focus and readiness for communication.

2. Strengthen cause-and-effect understanding and cognitive development
   Real-time responses from sensory elements help users grasp cause-and-effect relationships, critical for developing cognitive, decision-making, and communication skills.

3. Improve attention, visual tracking, and memory
   Sensory environments enhance attention span and visual tracking abilities, reinforcing memory and symbol retention crucial for AAC communication.

4. Support social interaction and turn-taking
   Multisensory spaces provide structured, low-pressure opportunities for practicing social communication, turn-taking, and interactive play with peers and caregivers.

5. Increase motivation and active engagement in therapy
   The highly stimulating and customizable nature of sensory rooms keeps users motivated, transforming therapy into an enjoyable and meaningful experience.

6. Develop Access Method Proficiency
   These environments allow users to practice and refine access methods (e.g.: eye gaze, switch control) in a flexible, engaging setting, improving accuracy and functional communication.

Access and enjoy your sensory room with AAC

At Qinera, we’ve developed  Luminea Remote, a groundbreaking tool created by our innovation and development team to integrate eye gaze devices and other access methods into sensory rooms, while also making lighting elements more accessible for all users. Luminea Remote allows users to control Luminea lighting devices directly from Grid 3 and Communicator 5, two of the most powerful AAC platforms available. This integration enables sensory room users to interact with their environment using their personalized augmentative communication systems and preferred access methods, making the entire experience more inclusive and empowering.

Grid 3 is known for its advanced capabilities, especially in eye gaze access, where its use of active cells ensures an optimized experience for every user. Eye gaze users often face dual challenges: improving access methods while simultaneously developing symbolic language skills. Luminea Remote transforms this process by placing it within a stimulating, multisensory environment that reinforces learning with coherent and meaningful stimuli. This setting not only enhances engagement but also boosts motivation, creating an exciting and effective therapeutic tool.

Additionally, Luminea Remote offers downloadable grid sets with a variety of interactive activities designed to promote communicative intent, decision-making, and interaction. These activities allow therapists to work on different access methods in a fun, dynamic way, turning every session into an immersive game-like experience that encourages exploration and connection.

Grid 3 and Luminea Remote: Enhancing communication and interaction

Grid 3 offers a wide range of interactive activities that integrate with  Luminea Remote, turning sensory rooms into dynamic learning spaces for AAC users. These activities help users improve precision, make choices, and practice communication skills in a fun and meaningful way.

Let me give you two examples of how  Luminea Remote and Grid 3 can transform therapy into a more meaningful and interactive experience:

• Concept and vocabulary building: Activities can associate colors with objects or concepts, such as “What color is a strawberry?”—ideal for developing core vocabulary and early learning concepts.
• Functional communication practice: Users can turn devices like bubble tubes on and off with their communicator, promoting high-frequency vocabulary and offering consistent, real-world consequences for communication efforts.

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Take your room anywhere!

Thanks to its compact and easily transportable design, you can take your sensory stimulation room wherever you want and enjoy all the benefits of multisensory stimulation, regulating and controlling the senses in any context that requires it.

Sensory stimulation has proven to be a key tool in therapeutic, educational, and recreational contexts, as it promotes cognitive, emotional, and physical development, providing a space that enhances overall well-being and the ability to respond to environmental stimuli.

Who is Sensory Go for?

Thanks to its easy-to-use and plug-and-play technology, you can set it up in minutes and customize it to your specific needs. Its portability also allows it to be used in a wide variety of contexts. Its design is intended for users of all ages and abilities, offering an inclusive and personalized experience. Whether you’re creating a relaxing environment, stimulating the senses, learning, or rehabilitating, Sensory Go offers the flexibility to adapt to any situation.

Its portability allows it to be used in a wide variety of settings

• Nursing homes: Enhances relaxation and emotional well-being, offering numerous possibilities for therapeutic intervention.
• Schools: Promotes concentration, calm, and creativity in children, enabling a variety of exploration activities and encouraging their development.
• Centers for people with disabilities: Fosters self-awareness and environmental awareness, facilitating interaction and exploration.
• Hospitals: Helps reduce stress and anxiety in patients during treatments or recovery periods.
• Libraries: Creates an environment conducive to experiencing readings and narratives, encouraging curiosity and the development of literacy-promoting skills.
• Airports: Relieves anxiety and stress in waiting areas, creating a calming space for travelers.
• Companies: Ideal for break rooms, improving employee concentration and well-being.
• Homes: A perfect addition to create relaxing and sensory stimulating environments at home.
• Museums: Provides multisensory experiences to enrich visits, encouraging visitor interaction.
• Other contexts: Sensory Go can be used in a wide range of spaces, from waiting rooms in clinics to rest areas in businesses or special events, always providing a multisensory experience that promotes well-being, relaxation, and interaction.

Just plug it in and use it!

Equipped with advanced technology, its simplified interface allows you to choose colors, sounds, and activities with just a few touches. It also integrates various elements such as ultraviolet light, aromatherapy, and vibration, creating an immersive experience that can enhance concentration, reduce stress, relax, or activate, as needed.

With Sensory Go, the environment is completely adaptable. You can adjust lights, sounds, vibrations, and aromas through a simple, user-friendly interface, controlled from a tablet.

6 benefits of Sensory Go that will enhance your sensory experience

1. Easy to set up and use: Plug it in and start creating your multisensory environment right from the first minute.
2. Portable: No need for a fixed room to create multisensory environments; now the room… goes with you!
3. Robust and durable: Its resistant and secure design allows it to be easily transported from one place to another, maintaining its effectiveness and quality in any environment. Plus, the electronic components are protected, ensuring safe use for all.
4. Vibration unit included: Allows you to connect a vibroacoustic element, such as a cushion, pouf, or water bed, which will vibrate in sync with the sounds and music.
5. Have fun with the Luminea App: The tablet includes the Luminea App pre-installed and ready to use, filled with customizable activities. You can also install it on any smartphone and control the sensory cart with it.
6. Simple maintenance: Designed for long-term use, Sensory Go is easy to clean and maintain in perfect conditions.

Connection, development, and well-being anywhere

Whether it’s to regulate ourselves, enhance concentration and learning, or simply create a relaxing and recreational environment, Sensory Go offers the ability to transform any space into an enriching multisensory environment.

Its positive impact is clear: it fosters learning, improves emotional well-being, and enhances participation and connection in daily life. – Bibiana Escribano, occupational therapist

A version for every need

Sensory Go is available in three versions, each tailored to different therapeutic, educational, and recreational needs:

• Sensory Go Luminea includes the bubble tube and fiber optics in this wheeled cart, along with a sound system with speakers and Bluetooth to create an immersive auditory and light atmosphere. It also comes with a tablet pre-installed with our Luminea App, allowing you to interact and control the lights in a fun and original way, and enjoy multiple sensory activities and customization options.
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Sensory Go Luminea: Multisensory stimulation anytime and anywhere

• Sensory Go Luminea Plus includes a vibroacoustic cushion, a UV light kit, and two controllers to promote interaction activities, making it possible for users themselves to change the colors and options of the devices. Additionally it includes an aromatherapy diffuser with essential oils for olfactory stimulation.
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Sensory Go Luminea Plus: transforms any space into an enriching and customizable environment

• Sensory Go SHX features our SHX interactive technology, which transforms the space into an immersive and fully interactive and customizable environment. This version comes with a projector and a tablet that includes hundreds of specific contents for learning, cognitive rehabilitation, recreation, development, and well-being. You can project all content on the wall, add as much as you want from the internet, YouTube, or a USB, and customize it to suit your space, your users, or your therapeutic goals.
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Sensory GO SHX: Well-being, entertainment, and learning in a single multisensory cart

With Sensory Go, the possibilities are endless. Discover how this transportable multisensory environment can make a difference in your space and improve the emotional state of people in various settings. If you want to learn more about the benefits of Sensory Go or see how you could adapt it to your space, therapeutic goals, and users, send an email to hello@qinera.com.

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