Workers Rejoice: VR Is Turning Industrial Training On Its Head

Workers Rejoice: VR Is Turning Industrial Training On Its Head

To the benefit of employers and employees alike, virtual reality is making training and development more efficient, more engaging and more effective.

A virtual reality headset can transport human beings. They can walk on the moon, go deep-sea diving, or visit a faraway place or a faraway time.

One of the most transformative things people can do with a VR headset, however, is learn a new skill with which to do their job and advance their career.

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Think about it. VR training has the power to unlock new opportunities that permanently change the quality and trajectory of one's life

That's especially true in industrial settings. With automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning accelerating at breakneck speeds, industrial workers find themselves at a crossroads. Either they surrender their jobs to technology, or they leverage said technology to make themselves more valuable, more productive and more relevant.

VR gives them the means to choose the latter, suggests a 2020 study by PwC, which compared the performance of employees who participated in the same training course but in different modalities: classroom, e-learning and VR. Compared to classroom students and e-learners, it found, VR learners learned faster, were more focused, were more emotionally connected to the course