VR IN TRAINING PLATFORM WALKTHROUGH

So, you’ve finally decided to explore virtual reality training? Great!

In this blog post, we will do a walkthrough of the VR platform and how it relates to employee training. For people who haven’t used it before, navigating through an immersive environment can be overwhelming at first. But virtual reality training is a new innovative way for our first responders and employees to train more efficiently.

Some Benefits Of Using A VR Platform:

VR simulations open a whole new world to traditional classroom learners.
The VR platform allows the employees to experience a wide variety of scenarios and complex situations to practice their decision-making skills.
The use of virtual reality will also help in team development; it creates a different type of training environment where recruits can work alongside each other with enthusiasm!

Time To Explore The Virtual Reality Training Platform

This is a challenging time to be a first responder. With the advances in technology, we can now explore the virtual reality platform and see how it can make their jobs easier and more efficient.

What is virtual reality?

Some people might be asking, “what is VR?”, so let us go over that briefly. Virtual reality can also be referred to as VR, and it uses computer-generated images to simulate real-life situations for the user. VR has been an innovative way of immersing people into visual interactive experiences using VR headsets. Training providers can create these simulated experiences to train employees and other workforce users. These provide a more realistic scenario to acquire skills and enhance the employee training experience.

How is VR used in training?

VR immerses the user by VR technology, including 360° video, graphics, and other forms of sensory input, creating compelling and impacting experiences that can cause physical and emotional responses from those participating in simulations designed to replicate real-world scenarios.

Using a VR headset, the first evolution of the virtual world after gaming consoles, smartphones, and tablets with games on them is VR gaming. Now, the next evolution sees this technology applied towards training and education for employees. VR allows training managers to replicate what happens in real-life situations without putting anybody at risk or spending much time setting those courses up.

The VR programs that are available now will allow employees to have high-quality training without spending months or even years studying and trying to replicate situations in the field. This benefit makes virtual training very compelling for training purposes.

How is virtual reality being used for employee training?

Virtual reality training has become a new way for employees to have hands-on experience in virtual environments to test out the situations and be exposed to various scenarios that could happen in real life.

Virtual Reality can provide immersive and interactive classroom experiences to train employees.
The VR platform enables risk-free practice in the field with instant feedback necessary for employee development.
VR content is a revolution in learning; it’s more engaging than traditional training, such as lectures or e learning that passively watch someone else do it.
VR reality training gives better results because the user feels like they are actually experiencing what they are seeing.

Additionally, there may be virtual environments where undesirable outcomes actually happen, and this experience is so powerful that we learn not to repeat mistakes after going through these situations firsthand!

What are specific examples of experiential VR training vs traditional methods?

Intel is leading the way in virtual reality training programs, as they offer VR-based programs for employees to learn new skills.

They plan to take this further by building out a platform to provide innovative experiences to the Olympic games.

Intel is not alone, as other companies are catching on, especially developing soft skills and introducing stress into a safe and protected training environment. Here are a few scenarios companies are exploring:

Virtual safe environment for Customer Service Training
VR Simulations to Develop Presentation Skills
VR safe space for Employee Evaluation
VR experiences for Professional Development

How do you develop VR in training?

There are many different ways to approach a project like this. It can be challenging because there is not much precedent for how to go about it. Your training group should determine what type of training requirements they want the virtual reality tech to support and what kind of training their company already has in place.

They will also need to develop a project plan that includes deadlines so that there is an expectation set on timeframes that the training must be available. Next, they will have to decide on which type of trainer scenarios would work best for your organization based on budget and timeline constraints and the types of skills your workers might need more practice on or skills you want them to learn.

This preparation is vital when working with a company with an AR/VR platform for training. The typical process to develop a training strategy and plan to deliver custom training includes a discovery assessment, ideation process, training construction, testing implementation, and rollout support.

How much does it cost to include VR in training?

There is a wide cost range to consider depending upon an organization’s specific needs, like any training program. Traditional training and even online learning management systems vary widely in costs. The primary consideration is in areas that have significant challenges to conduct effective training. These usually are much more cost-prohibitive to develop and execute. Here is a shortlist of examples:

Training where constraints exist to set up, manage and conduct the training effectively.
Scenarios that could never be replicated physically.
Enhancements to the training experience requiring new technology.
Ability to repeat and vary training scenarios.
Ability to run individual and group training through the same scenarios.

When factoring in these types of challenges, the costs can get very high depending upon the organization type. For instance, in emergency incidents, traditional training methods struggle to overcome these considerations mentioned above.

The result is fewer, less effective training opportunities at a very high cost which can run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars depending upon the size of the municipality, region, or organization being trained.

The VR-based programs for employees to learn real world skills can be cost effective ranging anywhere from $10,000 to $30,000 each, typically consumed on a yearly subscription model with very high ROI based upon user adoption.

Who are the platform providers?

This is still a new and developing innovation area, so there is a small but growing list of training providers. There is a basic differentiation between those that create content only and those that provide a platform to configure, deliver and measure training results. While there is no simple list of major players to point to at this time, a little research and you’ll find many large companies beginning to test the waters in terms of both content and platforms.

Then, there are specific verticals where companies have identified a specific set of training challenges that can be overcome and provide tremendous value using augmented and virtual reality. One of these areas of focus is in emergency response. Here there is a strong need for affordable and flexible training that can go far beyond the current traditional and online training methods.

At Augmented Training Systems, we are diligently bringing knowledge, experience, and research together with joint training development projects with different agencies and organizations to quickly grow their virtual reality library and accelerate the availability of this training option to first responders and emergency medical responders.

Does virtual reality training work?

The short answer is yes. The academic research is piling up, and now practical application through joint development projects really highlights the potential of leveraging virtual reality in training.

At Augmented Training Systems, we have amazing testimonies from training commanders and top researchers that have witnessed first-hand the transformative nature of both augmented and virtual reality to the first responder training experience. The trainees are more engaged, and the training results demonstrate much better performance post virtual reality training compared to control groups.

How does a platform improve performance?

Those responsible for training should consider the effectiveness of VR for training case by case. Ideally, organizations should consider specific scenarios that are simply out of the reach of traditional classroom and online training methods. Here is where there is wide open space for positive gains. This is also where it is critical to consider the platform as well as the training content. Robust training platforms allow for the following capabilities:

Performance monitoring
Task analysis
Training management & organization

Performance Monitoring and employee training

scenario based learning through vr experience and right technology A VR training platform must-have features that allow you to monitor performance. This provides the ability to assess individual employee training data or overall staff training data, which is important because it gives the user and those overseeing them an idea of what their current ability levels are and some insight into areas they need work on. The platform also benefits your team by increasing confidence in both individuals and teams through repeated engagement with the VR training.

Task Analysis and VR In Training

using virtual reality avoid same error repetition with immersive experiences for new employees and avoid ultimately cost someone's life As we continue to look at the benefits of a VR training platform, consider the ability to analyze tasks. Although closely related to performance monitoring, analyzing tasks specifically provides more insights into the training methods and training experiences.

The analysis at this level can combine the reality-based experiential data with the scenario tasks, including the addition of stress levels to determine threshold response to inform just how ready a trainee is to encounter more traumatic scenarios.

This is very beneficial and valuable because it not only aids in monitoring the performance of your team but, it also advises your planning and development in future training programs.

Training Management & Organization

manage your virtual environment and virtual simulation of vr based training Using a VR training platform to manage and organize a training program can make it easy for you to manipulate things like directing certain teams to the training they need while configuring differently to match individuals’ knowledge, experience, and stress considerations. It also allows you to record overall team engagement, ensuring that all trainees complete their required training skills training.

Virtual reality is a new way of making clear decisions when managing an organization’s people. For example, Virtual Reality makes it possible for managers or leaders to change various aspects about how they want something done by just giving instructions via voice command – without having any physical contact with anything at all!

In addition, VR has great potential in enhancing individual performance and continuing learning through assessment-based feedback loops on skills mastery. Considering the flexibility to train anywhere, anytime, and with anyone, a VR platform will help organize your team into a force to be reckoned with!

Why choose VR training?

using virtual reality means employees and new recruits can train in dangerous situations or even allow employees to practice public speaking

VR training is important for emergency units and first responders because it allows them to see their decisions before they are put into real-life situations, either beneficial or detrimental depending on the situation. Virtual reality training is different from other training types because you can consider scenarios that go far beyond the traditional classroom and online training methods.

In addition, VR and AR training can make the difference between a successful mission or task, or complete failure, especially when considering the impacts of stress and post-event trauma. When first responders are called, they need to know what to do and have some immersed experience providing the confidence and courage to act quickly, decisively, and effectively.

Specifically, when using VR in first responder training, our customers see a much higher trainee engagement and much better results in challenging and stressful situations. Through our ATS HERO Platform, we are helping to prove that first responders can reduce their state of stress, uncertainty, and fear coming from ever-increasing crisis scenarios.

Our vision is to positively impact emergency training so that many different emergency response personnel will become more confident, poised, and empowered heroes ready to serve their communities and make it back to their families safely, physically, mentally, and emotionally intact.

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