Immersive Reviews & Product Details

I like the challenge of doing the labs. I learn a lot doing them, they are a mixture of fun and frustrating, in a really good way, they make you think about the subject you are learning about and you get a real feeling of elation when you get them all right. Some can be quite punishing but it all adds to the fun. I really rate it and spend quite a lot of time each week doing them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

On occasion they have quite a steep learning curve, but if they werent challenging they wouldnt be as much fun. If IL was a doom difficulty level, they would be "hurt me daddy" Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lots of tools, hands-on experience. If you actually already know what you're doing, anyways. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In my experience with the labs so far, Immersive has taken the easy way out of not helping actually instruct people. They claim that it's so you'll use your own thinking skills and figure things out, but the incredible lack of any guidance whatsoever really just makes it seem like they didn't want to bother creating any guides or having people around to help with the labs. I've solved 25 of the labs so far on my own, and even then I feel I've wasted an incredible amount of time that would have been better spent with actual occasional tips and guidance.

Even things in the "intro" subjects are clearly designed for people who have been doing this for a while and already know their way efficiently around CLIs and a myriad of tools. I don't even know half the time if I'm really gaining much because some things are unsolvable unless you already know exactly what to do or you get a lucky guess. There are no explanations for any of the answers, so you better just hope you eventually understand what you did if you guessed it.

If you get stuck, their philosophy seems to be "oh well!" The only option you have is to hope someone on Reddit or another forum also posted asking for help and got an answer, because it sure isn't Immersive Labs' problem! The only way to contact them is to "report a bug" or "problem" in the lab. So be prepared to give up on your lab for hours until someone replies to you! Even then they literally promise they won't help you - the sparse "briefing" description they give you is it, and they're just there to tell you if your lab is working correctly or not.

Having been an instructor myself, I understand the need for hands-on learning and not hand-holding your students. These labs take it to the opposite extreme of hand-holding which is honestly worse in my experience; completely abandoning you and pretending that's the same as teaching you. Plopping someone in front of a computer with forensics tools and just saying "okay, go" is not teaching. Guidance, tips, etc can all be incorporated in a way that doesn't hand-hold or give out answers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Many different labs for a wide variety of security-related topics.

The labs have the right size and often deploy virtual infrastructure.

I feel like I learn way more with this practical approach than just reading a book or watching videos about a topic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some labs are a bit outdated, making them very hard to finish.

For example, you must use the Wayback machine to access an old snapshot of a real-world Twitter account.

But sometimes, you can no longer access the old tweets through the Wayback machine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Being able to go at my own pace and, re-enter and redo labs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is no-one to help if you struggle with completing labs. My preference is for instructor led explanations and assistance not being directed to google or forums. As a beginner instructor input is necessary to build trust in the understanding of basics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I can dip in and out when I want to and set my own goals. The format of the learning is simple to follow, gets the grey matter working and doesn't leave you feeling overwhelmed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Very little to dislike. There are some quirks that you adapt to (like any solution that's provided), but easy to navigate and easy to learn. Nothing negative to report really. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The labs are so easy for understand, and the exercise, practice and quiz, are help myself for my learning. I use only Inmmersive Labs for all and with all plataforms is the best complete. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

All in this plataform is very well, but the topic about certification for complete one path, will be very good for reforced the knwoledge. I think that some animations could be good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that the scenarios are all based on real-world examples of tasks and incidents you might deal with. They react to feedback very quickly and update their labs very quickly too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would like to see a better hints/answers mechanism in place as this would just be the cherry on the cake in my opinion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really like that this platform allows me to see my progress related to a whole group of students. I usually use wireshark as a compliment to the networking labs, but for me its enough with the included labs and exercises. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dont like that some objectives or roles wont show the completion progress related to the available labs, but show it regarding the overall labs, which are not wholly available to me, so it's not easy for me to track my progress unless I go all the way into the list of labs for a role/objective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The way a topic - that appears to be difficult - is well explained, plus the reinforcement of the knowledge throught the interactive games. It has been a very educational and funny experience to learn about cybersecurity Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some labs require more time than what it's said in their description and are only rewarded with 10 points.

Also, I would recommend more variety in the dynamic of the games, they're fun! but it would be nice to play different types of games. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the independence and how intuitive it's presented. I like too that there are people in the same sequence and it is of the competitive type. I'm very satisfied. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In my point of view, It's a bit awkward that at times it's difficult to find a way forward, at first he appeared to me but then it stopped. Nevertheless, I like the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.