VR based trainings put the user in a 3D environment relevant to the subject matter where anything can be (re)created. VR trainings have been used by companies, academia, and military for a long time and can be relevant for any party looking to train or educate. With VR you can place your trainee in any real-life situation where they will begin to respond as if they are in that situation. This allows trainees to acquire information relevant to the job, but they can also start practicing their skills right from day one.

Walmart is a great example of a company which already trains with VR. Andy Trainor, senior Director of Walmart U.S. Academies says the following  about their VR training: “We can create scenarios that may never happen (like severe weather training) or situations that happen all the time, but we don’t want to disrupt our stores to give associates firsthand experience. VR lets them explore these sorts of scenarios in a firsthand way.”

Another example is Clever. They used VR to create a real-life like simulation for garbage trucks to train their workers. METRO has also used VR to bring their trainees to a virtual METRO store using VR.

In one of our previous articles, we already explained the benefits of using VR for your onboarding process. These benefits also apply to VR training. In short, VR training can recreate real-life scenarios with immersive video and audio. Trainees can train in high-risk work environments without the actual risk. Therefore you can use VR to train employees both safely and efficiently.

Furthermore, research shows that memory retention after a VR experience is 2x higher than after video- or text based learning materials. It also creates consistency within a company. With VR trainings you don’t have bad days where you forget to cover several points or where you don’t have the right tone or message. You can create the best version of the training just once and use it to deliver a consistent training.

For the people who are not yet convinced of the strength of VR for training (even after reading the above mentioned benefits), we have collected a few examples of companies that have successfully used VR for training.

1.  A Modular Interactive Virtual Surgical Training Environment

Summarized: Surgeons who had a VR training for 2 hours improved their time on task by 83% and were more than 70% “more efficient” in movement and measurements.

2. Virtual memory palaces: immersion aids recall

Summarized: Participants of the study that were trained with VR  demonstrated a 9% better information recall and made 41% fewer errors than those trained via non-VR.

3.  Measuring Virtual Simulation Value in Training Exercises

Summarized: Study includes data from 29 different training events that featured both live and VR training components. The training value assessment results show that VR trainings provide the same value as live training, but for reduced costs.

These are not only great examples of VR trainings, but they also clearly state the benefits: improved memory recall, performance, and even reduced procedural errors.

When you train your trainees in VR it would be best to train them all at  the same time. It is more efficient and can reduce the training costs. VR Sync can offer you this.

With the VR Sync software you can upload your own 360° content and push it to an unlimited amount of devices. You can manage your content easily using the dashboard. Start, pause, and stop the experience with a simple click on a button. It is a user-friendly software that keeps you in complete  control of the experience.

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