Virtual Reality in Corporate Training

Elena Masolova, CEO at Eduson,CLO, 2016

Virtual Reality In Corporate Training

Elena MasolovaCEO at Eduson.tv

I’ll talk about:- Corporate Training Cases (who

already uses VR)- Why 3600 video beats Unity

- How much and how long

Why Is Everybody Talking About VR?

Evolution of Training. VR is as Close to Real Life as Possible

Immersive Experience Carries Away

… to the Customer Meeting

Virtual Reality TELEPORTSAugmented Reality

MODIFIES the world around

What can be done inside the VR course?

1. Moving between locations

1. Moving between locations

2. Simulating Dialogues

3. Providing Immediate Feedback

3. Providing Immediate Feedback

4. Imitating Phone Calls

What Companies Are Already Using VR?

1. Safety Training on Oil Rigs

Frank’s International – an industry

leader in casing, installing and

distributing oilfield tubulars – is using

virtual reality training to recreate

teachable situations on oil rigs.

The goal is to lower the dangers when

working with heavy machinery and

lower fatality rate.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/11/10/oil-companies-tap-virtual-technology-to-train-workers.html

2. New Employees Orientation Process

In Australia, AGL Energy Limited uses VR technology during the Welcome Day for inducting new employees. Show the team stand-up meeting.

Such training gives new workers a taste of life at the company. It shows the facilities.

Plan to shoot drone footage of the plants (hydro operations and windfarms).

Source: http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/566044/agl-tests-virtual-reality-employee-training/

3. British Army Recruiting

The world’s first VR recruitment experience by The British

Army. Potential recruits (at Waterloo station) could drive the

Challenger II tank.

The latest developments in 360 content production showed the

thrill and excitement of serving in the forces from a first person

POV and drove an increase in applications to join the Army

Reserves (+65%) and enroll in officer training programs.

Source: http://visualise.com/case-study/british-army-vr-recruitment-experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B08Yd6YO_Q

4. German Railroads Recruiting

In Germany, Deutsche Bahn uses VR technology to aid in recruitment.

Prospective employees look at the train depot inspection, at the engineering

work on the railroad. 360-degree video.

They are given the chance to experience the job before they apply, helping to

give the company an edge in a competitive market.

Source: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500255941/German-rail-and-transport-group-turns-to-virtual-reality-in-war-for-talent

5. Marriott creates virtual travelling experience from London to Hawaii

A marketing case, but similar mechanics can be used

for training.

1. VR Postcards are available to Marriott

guests. They follow 3 tourists in mountains of

Chile, ice cream shop in Rwanda, busy streets of

Beijing.

2. Teleport. From London to Maui.

Sources: https://travel-brilliantly.marriott.com/our-innovations/vr-postcards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6yMqXLnpN4https://travel-brilliantly.marriott.com/our-innovations/oculus-get-teleported

Why Is 3600 Video Better than Unity?

Polygons don’t immerse. 3600 video does!

The technology does not allow yet for realistic images with Unity

200 polygons 2K 20K

3 common VR use-cases

1. Facility Tours, Employee Onboarding

2. Negotiations, sales meetings, manager 1-on-1 talks

Branched scenarios

Off-the-shelf VR Courses

3. Customer Interactions Training

Hotel. 40 customers come to reception.

NASA Trains Spacewalking with VR

NASA makes sure that the people they send into space have some

amount of experience in becoming detached from their shuttle and

have to use a backpack to navigate their way back or performing

complicated tasks in zero gravity.

Virtual Reality enables NASA to simulate all these situations.

Source: https://unimersiv.com/how-nasa-is-using-virtual-and-augmented-reality-to-train-astronauts-37/

We don’t have NASA budgets…

Script length

VR training cost depends on …

Number of actors

Number of locations

Drone shooting

Equipment

Expensive, long

Reasons to be afraid of VR

No LMS integrations

Doesn’t work for all types of courses

Doesn’t scale well

Dizzy Not if the camera is steady, at eyes’ height. And the person is sitting.

Mobile app. If the phone is connected to the Internet we send any data

(name, mistakes, finished or not).

Depends on the script. Can be 2 weeks. Devices now cost $70.

True. Worse than traditional online. But glasses are spreading wide and

fast. There were times when smartphones were rare.

True. Can’t learn finance, MS Office or anything longer than 10 minutes.

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