IVAR Studios is an immersive production studio in Stockholm, working with museums in Sweden and the Nordics. For museums and heritage institutions we do three things: we document places in 3D, we make immersive experiences from collections, sites and research, and we run workshops that help museum teams find their own formats.
We have made VR experiences of a closed Cold War fort for The National Swedish Museums of Military History, a WebXR history lesson used in hundreds of schools for the National Museums of World Culture, and a live installation in the dome at Tekniska museet with KTH.
Can you document a site or a building in 3D?
Yes. We capture sites, buildings and interiors with photogrammetry and LiDAR, and deliver both an archival version at full resolution and lighter versions for the web and for exhibitions. That is what we did at Stonehenge for National Geographic: one model for the record, one that runs on a phone.
For the archive we deliver open formats, every source image and a description of how the data was captured and processed. If you need survey accuracy, we tie the scan to measured control points.
What can visitors do with it?
Go inside a place that is closed, fragile or far away. Victoriafortet was closed to the public for decades, and our VR experiences let visitors in. Step into history: in Memories of Mexico, school students explore Olmec, Aztec and Maya culture in their browser. Or do something only a dome allows: in Dome Conductor, visitors lead a symphony orchestra.
Who owns the data and the finished work?
We agree on it in the contract. Museums usually need the right to keep, archive and publish the 3D data, and sometimes to release it under an open licence such as CC BY, for example on DigitaltMuseum or Europeana. Tell us at the start and we write it in. For finished experiences we also agree on who hosts them, and for how long.
Does it work for every visitor?
We design for the visitors you actually have. Most of our museum and school work runs in a browser or on a touchscreen as well as in a headset, so in most of it a headset is an option, not a requirement. We write for specific age groups, and we test with real users before launch.
Can you take part in a public procurement?
Yes. IVAR Studios AB (org. nr 559059-5392) is registered for F-skatt and VAT, and has delivered to Swedish state museums. We answer tenders and requests for quotation in Swedish or English, and can give references from earlier museum work.
Can you help our team get started?
Our workshops are made for museum and heritage teams with collections, sites or archives and no clear route into digital formats. In half a day to three days, your team tries the formats, scans something in the room and develops ideas built on your own material.
Museum and heritage work
Victoriafortet 3D & 360
The National Swedish Museums of Military History · 2023
Two VR experiences of a Cold War artillery fort that had been closed for decades, made for The National Swedish Museums of Military History from our 360°, LiDAR and photogrammetry capture.
Memories of Mexico
Museums of World Culture · 2020
The National Museums of World Culture's first immersive project: a free WebXR history lesson, with a lesson plan, used in hundreds of Swedish schools.
Dome Conductor
KTH Royal Institute of Technology · 2025
A live installation in the dome at Tekniska museet, built with researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
Stonehenge in 3D
National Geographic · 2021
An archival photogrammetric model of Stonehenge for National Geographic, and a light version that runs on a phone.
Demystifying Muarajambi
National Geographic CreativeWorks · 2024
A 3D record of the brick temple Candi Tinggi in Indonesia, published as a free experience that runs in any browser.
field.tours
IVAR Studios · In development
Our engine for AI-guided 3D tours of real places: a host answers visitors' questions from your own sources. We are looking for museum pilot partners.
How to start
Tell us about the place, the collection or the idea. These answers help:
- What is the place, the collection or the story?
- Who should it reach: visitors, schools, researchers, people online?
- Where will it run: in the gallery, in classrooms or online?
- What do you need to keep afterwards: data, rights, hosting?
- What is the timeline, and how is it funded?
Who to talk to
We reply within one working day.
Fredrik Edström
Producer and co-founder
New projects, quotes, budgets and partnerships
Martin Edström
Director and co-founder
Creative direction, 3D capture, press and talks
hello@ivar.studio · +46 (0) 733 13 05 69
IVAR Studios AB · Org. nr 559059-5392
Mäster Mikaels gata 2A, 116 20 Stockholm, Sweden