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endorsed by pilot schools, airlines and
Air
Force
academies.
Participants
got up to speed on flight controls
and cockpits, takeoff and landing
patterns. The systems were expensive
to buy and the scenarios difficult to
create. Furthermore, participants
were expected to jump into reallife
situations in parallel to their
virtual training.
BREAKING DOWN
CORPORATE SILOS
In the corporate arena, L&D professionals
are continually challenged to train their
workforce
using
scalability
traditional
and
systems
that were never designed for hybrid
work,
sustainability.
Furthermore, L&D professionals
are often constrained by a highly
complex competitive and regulatory
environment in today's digital
landscape. Breaking through traditional
silos that weigh down employee
productivity is exactly where immersive
learning capabilities can provide
added value.
Using an immersive learning platform,
L&D professionals can measure the
performance, cognitive abilities and
personality traits of their employees to
help them grow in the right direction,
by personalizing the learning process.
Moreover, L&D professionals can do
this without having to get bogged
down in individual questionnaires or
self-reports which could, for example,
trigger massive paperwork under
personal data protection regulations.
THE PATH TO
IMMERSIVE LEARNING
Given an introductory training course,
L&D professionals can oversee the
design, development, production and
enhancement of a highly sophisticated
and secure software suite dedicated
to the needs of their workforce. At
the same time, customized content is
bundled into a software platform and
distributed at the exact time and place
designated by the L&D departments
and learning professionals. Founded on
advanced immersive technologies, AVRIS
provides immediate access to data-driven
knowledge and experience, which are
The acronym, XR, is used to describe the different types of
immersive interfaces on the market, including:
* Virtual reality (VR) dissociates the user from the current
reality, sending you to another place or situation.
* Augmented reality (AR) is used in a natural real environment
but provides additional layers of data
and visuals for the user.
* Mixed reality (MR) is a mix of VR and AR, providing visibility on
both the real environment but also enables detachment and
full immersion.
Other types of interfaces and devices are emerging in this
fast-growing market, with extended reality (XR) startups in the
United States raising $208 million in June 2023.
When a participant exits an immersive
environment, the immersive analytical
engine goes to work at lightning
speed and returns a richer and
far more comprehensive data set
than a traditional method could
possibly provide. Having gleaned
tens of thousands of data points per
participant, the machine deep dives
into the behavior of candidates,
providing insights about them with far
greater rigor, accuracy and robustness
than other approaches, digital or
human driven. Debrief and reflection
are enriched as they are based on
real-time data, ultimately impacting the
participant's capabilities.
Learning how to solve problems
under stress, for example, is a skill
strengthened by a global community of
lifelong collaborators.
Groundbreaking? That's a big claim for
a startup. Let's unpack that assertion.
Traditional learning solutions typically
begin and end with the final answers
and response times of participants. By
contrast, analytical engines that receive
inputs from immersive experiences
are able to measure every single
interaction learners perform while
wearing the headset. Simultaneously,
the engine records behaviors by
calculating gaze direction, time lapse,
decision strategies, and the location
and angle of the head and hands at an
astounding precision.
that can be learned and enhanced
in an immersive environment. In
the past, L&D professionals used
questionnaires and self-reports to
discover an employee's susceptibility
to stress or other emotional situations.
In a virtual environment, the engine
can analyze human behavior itself.
How is this achieved? Instead of asking
individuals how stress affects their
performance, learning professionals
will let the behavioral analytics engine
do the work for them. Participants
enter simulated virtual experiences
where real-world problems need to be
solved. They gain knowledge through
their interaction with other participants
who have different skill sets
and experiences.
MEASURING
INTERACTIONS
EFFECTIVELY
With the continuous growth of
immersive learning solutions and
offerings, corporate partners and
individual learners are provided with a
growing range of just-in-time training
solutions. Such solutions can improve
the experience curve of employees,
thereby
increasing
the
competitive
advantage of their respective
companies. Gamified, interactive and
data-driven virtual scenarios can get
employees up to speed on the job
much faster than simply adding new
development training components.
Understanding Immersive Interfaces
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