virtual reality in corporate training
TRANSCRIPT
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.
