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VR Education Holdings PLC

27 November 2019

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27 November 2019

VR Education Holdings plc

('VR Education' or the 'Group')

Launch of Shuttle Commander on PlayStation

VR Educa on (AIM: VRE; Euronext Growth: 6VR), a leading virtual reality ('VR') technology company focused on the educa on and enterprise training space, is pleased to announce that the Group's latest VR showcase experience, 'Shuttle Commander', will launch on Sony PlayStation on Tuesday, 3 December 2019.

Shu le Commander is an accurate physics-based flight simulator experience, oering users the chance to take to the controls of NASA's Discovery space shu le and land it at a number of real-world landing sites, such as Kennedy Space Centre, White Sands Air Force Base and Edwards Air Force Base in an immersive virtual reality.

Players can experience the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope from the cockpit of the Discovery space shu le in a real- me launch experience, using original NASA cockpit audio and mission data, as well as taking part in the deployment and servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope. In addi on, users are able to view some of the amazing solar system imagery from the Hubble Space Telescope which has been collecting data over the past 30 years from 568 kilometres above the Earth's surface, changing our understanding of the universe.

The VR showcase experience will retail at £21.99 in the UK, €24.99 in the EU and US$24.99 in the US. The Shu le Commander PlayStation Launch Trailer is available to view at the following link: https://youtu.be/uHxmKkd5BYA

David Whelan, CEO of VR Educa on, said:"Following on from our highly popular and award-winning experiences

Apollo 11 VR, Titanic VR and 1943: Berlin Blitz, we are delighted to announce the release of our latest showcase tle, Shu le Commander, for PlaySta on. This new space tle will provide significantly expanded and dieren ated content while building on the enthusiasm generated by our Apollo 11 tle, which to date has sold over 215,000 copies and con nues to show strong sales each month. The launch of Shu le Commander further increasesassets and content for our ENGAGE platform where educators and corporate trainers can create their own learning content."

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For further information, please contact:

VR Education Holdings plc

Tel: +353 87 665 6708

David Whelan, CEO

contact@vreducationholdings.com

Sandra Whelan, COO

Cairn Financial Advisers LLP (Nominated Adviser)

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7213 0880

James Caithie / Liam Murray / Ludovico Lazzaretti

Shore Capital (Joint Broker)

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7408 4090

Toby Gibbs / Anita Ghanekar

Fiona Conroy

Davy (Joint Broker & Euronext Growth Advisor)

Tel: +353 1 679 6363

Fergal Meegan / Ronan Veale / Barry Murphy

Buchanan (UK Financial PR)

Tel: +44 (0)20 7466 5000

Henry Harrison-Topham / Chris Lane / Tilly Abraham

VRE@buchanan.uk.com

Notes to Editors

VR Educa on, together with its wholly owned subsidiary, is an early stage VR so ware and technology group based in Waterford, Ireland, dedicated to transforming the delivery methods of educa on and corporate training by u lising VR technologies to deliver fully immersive virtual learning experiences. The Group's core focus is the development and commercialisa on of its online virtual social learning and presenta on pla orm called ENGAGE, which provides a pla orm for crea ng, sharing and delivering proprietary and third-party VR content for educa onal and corporate training purposes.

In addi on to the ongoing development of the ENGAGE pla orm, the Group has also built four downloadable showcase VR experiences, including the award-winning Apollo 11 VR experience and the Titanic VR experience.

On 12 March 2018, VR Educa on listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange and on the Enterprise Securi es Market, a market regulated by Euronext Dublin. For further informa on, please visit www.vreducationholdings.com.

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