Bodyswaps

Bodyswaps is AI-powered soft-skills training built around roleplay practice, learning modules and personalised feedback. It suits educators, learning technologists, healthcare educators and HR leaders who need repeatable interpersonal-skills training with measurable learner progress. Its strongest case is a mixed-device programme that combines custom scenarios with instructor oversight; organisations should also consider its data practices and custom-pricing model.

Overview

Founded in 2020 in London by Christophe Mallet, Tom Szirtes and Julien Denoel, Bodyswaps focuses on rehearsing real-world human interactions rather than simply presenting course material. Learners work through immersive roleplays and learning modules, receive AI-generated feedback, and can return to practise. That structure is well suited to communication, confidence and behavioural training where repetition matters.

The platform supports collaborative learning, authoring tools, analytics and administrator controls. It can connect to Moodle, Canvas, Blackboard and other learning systems through LTI 1.3. A dedicated team is available to help with LMS integration, which is useful for institutions that need implementation support rather than a standalone training site.

Key features

AI roleplays give learners a place to practise conversations and receive personalised guidance. Educators can create their own roleplays around a curriculum, allowing scenarios to reflect a particular profession or course instead of relying solely on generic content. The trade-off is that customisation makes educator preparation part of the programme.

Engage includes more than 100 modules, AI roleplays and learning activities. It also adds unlimited practice minutes, a pathway editor, learner analytics and class management. Bodyswaps Go provides class and learner administration, progress monitoring and access to resources. Analytics cover completion rates, confidence levels and behavioural insights, giving instructors a broader view than completion alone.

Integrations with major LMS products and LTI 1.3 make Bodyswaps easier to place inside an existing teaching workflow. Enterprise Embed adds enrolment controls, audit logs, a custom data-processing agreement and multi-deployment, which matter when governance and rollout across multiple environments are priorities.

Learner activity is collected on Bodyswaps servers for personalised feedback, session continuity, progress tracking, module evaluation and product improvement. JCR Group Ltd, trading as Bodyswaps, is identified as the processor of personal information. Organisations handling sensitive learner data should assess that arrangement alongside their own privacy requirements.

Pricing

The only no-cost option is a 14-day trial and it requires no card. It includes ready-made lessons, unlimited AI roleplay practice, and VR, PC and mobile access. It is a useful way to validate the teaching format, but it is not a continuing free tier.

Engage is custom pricing for 25–99 users. It includes the 100-plus-module library, unlimited practice minutes, pathway editing, learner analytics and class management. This is the clearest fit for a defined cohort that wants a complete content-and-management package.

Embed is custom pricing for 100–999 users. It adds LMS connection, a dedicated success manager, onboarding, dashboards and data export, audit logs and a custom DPA. Choose it when deployment scale, reporting and governance outweigh the simplicity of a smaller programme.

Enrol is custom pricing for 1,000-plus users. It provides a branded platform, API access and a custom service agreement. Large organisations needing a branded, integrated service are the intended audience; smaller teams would be paying for capabilities they may not need.

Platforms

Bodyswaps offers Windows and Mac applications, browser access, iOS and Android apps, and API support. VR compatibility includes Vive Focus+ and Focus 3, Pico Neo 3 and 4, and Meta Quest 2, 3 and 3S. This mixed delivery lets a programme reserve headsets for immersive sessions while keeping screen-based access for learners without VR hardware.

Who it's for

Educators and learning technologists get authoring, class management, LMS integration and progress reporting. Healthcare educators can use custom roleplays for profession-specific interactions, while HR leaders can deploy structured interpersonal-skills practice across a workforce. It is less suitable for buyers seeking a permanent free plan, transparent self-serve pricing or a purely content-consumption course library.

Pros and cons

Pros

Practice plus feedback: immersive scenarios and AI guidance give learners repeated rehearsal rather than passive instruction.

Custom authoring: educators can align roleplays with their own curriculum.

Broad delivery: browser, mobile, desktop and supported VR headsets accommodate varied hardware.

Useful oversight: completion, confidence and behavioural analytics help instructors follow development.

Enterprise governance: Embed supplies audit logs, enrolment controls, a custom DPA and multi-deployment.

Cons

No ongoing free plan: after the 14-day trial, every continuing deployment is paid.

Custom pricing: buyers cannot compare plans from published subscription prices.

Authoring workload: bespoke roleplays require educator time to create and maintain.

Data consideration: learner activity is processed on Bodyswaps servers for feedback, continuity, tracking, evaluation and improvement.

Alternatives

VictoryXR is a better starting point for buyers wanting a freemium option, including a free HoloTutor Basic plan with AI usage and creator tools.

3D Organon suits anatomy-focused learning, with a free Guest tier and a $74.50-per-year student subscription.

Pixaera is another paid, enterprise-oriented option with pricing provided through a demo request.

Immersive Factory fits one-day safety deployments, offering a preinstalled autonomous headset for €890 ex. tax with unlimited employee passes.

Luminous XR is aimed at creating and hosting XR training content, with packages starting from £1,450.

FundamentalVR is a paid alternative available across mobile, desktop, web and API platforms.

Openlab is the choice for free web-based services, with headset trials limited in duration.

PrecisionOS targets surgical skills, offering hundreds of cases and personalised AI feedback from $199 per month for individuals, excluding the VR headset.

Verdict

Choose Bodyswaps if you need learners to rehearse human interactions, educators to shape scenarios, and administrators to measure progress across desktop, mobile and VR. Look elsewhere if transparent pricing, a continuing free plan or minimal learner-data processing is more important than custom roleplay and structured analytics.