Scenario-based learning and workplace simulations that build real-world judgement and skills
Immersive learning simulations for decisions that matter
Create your own or made-for-you
Near-Life gives learning teams a better way to prepare people for decisions that matter: let them practise making them.
Create (or commission) realistic, decision-based simulations, branching scenarios and interactive experiences, where learners can make choices, experience consequences, explore options and receive feedback – all in a safe environment before they face the situation for real.
AI-assisted content creation | Video, 360° and immersive media | Advanced user analytics
Works with all major LMS platforms. SCORM / LTI / xAPI compatible. Complements tools like Vyond, Canva and Synthesia
Trusted by leading organisations including:
Loved by learners. Easy for creators.
Platform or full-service? The choice is yours
Near-Life platform
Give your team the tools to create sophisticated, interactive learning simulations in-house. Design branching scenarios, add feedback and scoring, and bring real-world decisions to life – without coding or specialist development skills.
Near-Life Studios
Bring us your learning challenge and our team can take it from there. From learning design and scenario development to content creation and production, we’ll create the complete immersive experience for you.
Turn real world situations into repeatable, measurable learning experiences
Near-Life lets you create interactive video simulations that mirror the real-world decisions your people face - from patient conversations to safety checks, compliance challenges, customer escalations, and frontline operations.
Learners practise decisions, explore consequences, and build confidence in a safe environment - while you gain data that traditional eLearning cannot provide.
"You're doing what others are trying to do but in such a simple and easy way."
VYOND
"We love your software... it's becoming an integral part of our business."
Beth Goodwin, Program Manager, CMEology
"400,000 people every year learn to save a life through our training programmes, so it is exciting to have created this scenario-based learning with the potential to reach many more people in an effective online format."
Karen Wain, Training Products Manager at St John Ambulance
"Utilising digital media that mimics real life, aids delivery of training that is meaningful vs an artificial classroom setting.”
Lindsay Hallworth, Innovation Manager, NHS
"Your team are a pleasure to work with."
abbvie
"Their intuitive online interface makes the creation & use of video branching a breeze."
Nik Brown, Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue
Designed for teams where behaviour really matters
Near-Life is used by learning professionals working for organisations focused on:
- Critical Incident Command & Blue-Light Operations: Fast-moving triage, dynamic risk assessments, and multi-agency coordination under pressure.
- High-Risk Regulatory & Safety Compliance: Validating operational decisions in environments where procedural failure leads to severe fines, shutdowns, or legal liability.
- High-Stakes Behavioural & Difficult Interactions: Complex de-escalation, safeguarding, and frontline ethics where nuance cannot be taught via simple multiple-choice quizzes.
If your people need to make better decisions in high-stakes or complex situations, Near-Life is built for you.
With Near-Life, you can:
- Replace inconsistent classroom role-play
- Standardise behaviour practice across teams
- Give learners a safe place to fail and try again
- Capture detailed behaviour data at both individual and cohort level
- Track performance, risk areas, and improvement over time
- Link simulation outcomes to real-world performance
See how people make decisions - not just whether they passed
Near-Life captures every decision a learner makes, where they hesitate, which paths they choose, and how their judgement develops over time.
Use these insights to coach more effectively, reduce risk, and continuously improve your training.
You'll be in good company
Simulation power without the complexity
Traditional elearning can’t handle rich branching. It can take months to build complex learning paths, or require expensive tools and specialist skills. Near-Life changes this:
- Higher-fidelity than typical authoring tools
- More immersive than simple interactive video tools
- Much faster than custom development
- More cost-effective and easier to use than alternatives
- No specialist skills needed
This is simulation design made for real-world L&D teams, not specialist studios.
Fits your existing workflows
A perfect complement to the tools you already use
Near-Life enhances your existing tools, integrating seamlessly with Storyline, Rise, and your LMS. It also allows you to leverage other content generation tools like Vyond and Synthesia, so you can upgrade behaviour training without changing how you build your courses.
Use Near-Life to add:
- Branching scenarios
- Video-based role-plays
- Complex decision trees
- Realistic scenario challenges
- Consistent behaviour practice
- Immersive tours and experiences
…all into the courses you already create.
See for yourself!
Schedule a free, guided Near-Life demo to experience for yourself the quickest and easiest way to build quality interactive learning...