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Gamification Is Everywhere: Why Companies Can’t Ignore It
22 August 2024Remember gamification? It took the business world by storm about 10 years ago and was one of the biggest buzzwords in the industry. You might remember
Scaling with Impact: How VR is helping soft skills training in the spa and wellness industry
7 February 2024A recent study found that if spas want to maximise revenue, they need to provide a better sales and guest experience, which means focusing more on
“VR is a solution to the current training deficit; in the form of ‘experiential learning’. In essence, it’s the process of learning by doing, rather than
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SUBSCRIBEThe Crucial Role of Sales Skills in the Professional World: Why VR Can Improve Them
29 September 2023We are all salespeople in the workplace, whether we care to admit it or not. From the moment you step into a job interview to how you interact with...
Next level leadership and soft skills
11 July 2023Boldly Take on the Future of Work With Vr Learning The blistering pace of technology and its impact on businesses has put learning & development on the critical list...
Move the sales needle with vr training
4 July 2023Sales is the lifeblood of every business. Like any soft skill, sales is about knowing your subject and practicing until you master it. Unfortunately this is often done on...
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Faster, safer, and more effective training with VR
Leading with empathy: VR for leadership training
16 May 2023VR simulations can present leaders with multiple challenging scenarios where problem-solving and making complex decisions are essential. From crisis management to executive planning scenarios, training in VR means leaders...
Role play is out — Real play is in. VR in leadership development
15 May 2023Disruptive and innovative technology, new competitors, shifting employee needs, and fluctuating market dynamics means leaders need to upskill themselves to increase their confidence in leading teams, improve quick and...
VR is making marks in medical training
12 May 2023Traditional textbook or lecture-based learning has been the order of the day for most medical students and clinicians. However, VR is emerging as a viable training tool that improves...
How UPS uses VR to train their drivers at scale
12 May 2023Want to cut your training by half, increase staff retention by 52% and significantly reduce workplace accidents? Then VR might be the answer to your training needs. We’d love...
Shell’s offshore adventures in VR: preventing, containing, and controlling emergency situations
12 May 2023The Challenge Royal Dutch Shell is one of the world's largest oil and gas companies, with operations spanning across the globe. Training thousands of employees for offshore oil rig...
KFC’s Virtual Reality is anything but fowl
12 May 2023Do you want to save money on staff training costs, increase knowledge retention and positively impact the experience customers have with your brand? KFC used VR to train their...
Airbus takes off with virtual reality training
11 May 2023VR training is taking organisations to new heights! With an increase in employee engagement (40%), reduction in error rates (90%) and a drop in workplace injuries (70%) VR is...
Verizon improves employee engagement and customer satisfaction with VR training
10 May 2023Verizon is a leading telecoms company. Early on, they focused on traditional training methods, which were doing little to prepare their customer service representatives for the reality of dealing...
Walmart proves that VR is the ultimate empathy machine
17 April 2023Walmart is a retail giant that knows how to bring in sales on Black Friday. We’re talking about an average of 115 million shoppers descending on their stores, hungry...
Don’t fall for the hype, VR isn’t going anywhere.
8 March 2023In 2022, Meta lost a whopping 13.7 billion dollars on its virtual reality (VR) incubator company, Reality Labs. This staggering loss has led many to question the potential of...
VR adds a new dimension to the soft skills training landscape
16 February 2023You might be surprised to learn that the World Economic Forum’s ‘Jobs Reset Summit’ report found that traditionally ‘soft’ skills are most important in the workplace. Critical thinking, problem-solving,...
VR in the classroom: should more schools be open to it?
24 January 2023In 1913, the father of electricity Thomas Edison, made a bold prediction about movies. He thought that the motion picture would revolutionise the education system. Edison predicted that "In...
Apple’s headset may be the shake-up that the XR industry needs
13 January 2023There is no questioning the impact that Meta has had on bringing Virtual Reality into the mainstream. In the AR space there has yet to be a mainstream product,...
How VR Is Revolutionising Surgical Training
9 January 2023When most of us go under the knife, we don’t really stop to think about how competent the surgeon is doing the surgery and how they have learnt and...
Why VR is a powerful tool for soft skills training
18 November 2022Dr Bianca Wright leads the immersive tech curriculum as an associate professor at Coventry University. Wright shared her thoughts with us about the future of virtual reality in a...
The race for the XR enterprise headset is on
3 November 2022Last year, we predicted that VR would shape the future of work, particularly true in the workplace training sector. This prediction has been vindicated by the immersive tech industry....
Immersive tech, like virtual reality, has an image problem.
18 October 2022Virtual reality has not taken the world by storm. Augmented reality and other immersive tech, are not mainstream preoccupations either.
Could the Metaverse be the solution to the great remote working debate?
22 September 2022It is no secret that the last few years have been weird. It is now a cliché to hear about how companies “pivoted” to a remote working model as...
Gamification is everywhere. You just don’t notice it.
31 August 2022Some might view see gamification as a cheap trick. An inserting of game-like elements into an otherwise mundane piece of software...
Internships With A Difference
4 August 2022When we think about internships, I like to imagine the movie The Internship — taking place in fun environments, playing quidditch and solving fun challenges with your peers. However...
How VR can empower teachers
26 July 2022When shiny new technology comes out, innovators come out with ways it can solve a range of problems. Virtual Reality (VR) is no exception...
How VR training creates a competitive advantage
4 July 2022Virtual reality is becoming an increasingly common and effective tool for training in more industries than you may think. The medical and science faculties at leading universities have implemented...
Myths & mayhem: the facts and misconceptions about VR
8 June 2022Mainstream perceptions about VR have become all too predictable. There are many myths about VR. People believe that VR is limited in its scope, incredibly expensive, and impractical for...
Workplace training: Why VR is the answer
24 May 2022VR is a solution to the current training deficit; in the form of ‘experiential learning’. In essence, it’s the process of learning by doing, rather than being lectured to.
VR vs AR, where should businesses focus?
26 April 2022Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are playing an increasingly important role in everyday life. As these immersive technologies mature, and more mainstream applications for them are realised,...
How VR education will change the classroom as we know it
10 March 2022Mignon Reyneke is a highly decorated academic and researcher at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business (GSB). Reyneke shared her insights into the potential for VR...
What does the future hold for VR? Theo Priestley weighs in.
24 February 2022Internationally acclaimed tech guru, author, TEDx speaker and futurist, Theo Priestly, is no stranger to technology's role in businesses that want to survive and thrive. We caught up with...
The future of virtual reality: an expert opinion
7 February 2022The way that most people interact with VR technology is in the form of entertainment. For instance; the most famous applications are in the gaming sector. Beat Saber is...
How gamification can improve in your company’s culture
5 January 2022Designing and executing an effective, sustainable company culture takes a lot of hard work and perseverance. If done well can create an environment where people thrive. A strong company...
How gamification has changed the driving range
1 October 2021The early 1990s marked a significant shift in the world of ten-pin bowling. For the previous century, bowling had been a niche sport, that attracted some of the world’s...
Top 3 skills that will be needed in the future of work
17 August 2021Have you ever found yourself struggling with decision fatigue? How about feeling overwhelmed by increasingly sophisticated technology? Alternatively, you might’ve struggled with communicating with co-workers. People struggle with ‘soft...
XR tech is changing the world of work, here’s how:
28 July 2021Pop culture depictions of extended reality (XR) technology can be a little jarring sometimes. The first season of the internationally acclaimed series Black Mirror unpacks the horrifying
How virtual reality is shaping the future of work
22 July 2021With Facebook making a massive push towards virtual reality and the metaverse, the world of work is guaranteed to change. Forecasts from 2021 suggest that 25-30% of American professionals...
Myths about virtual and augmented reality: Our top 3
15 July 2021Last year the VR and AR industry saw unprecedented growth. PwC’s recent Seeing is believing report estimates that the number of jobs that were “enhanced” by this technology tripled
Virtual reality training will change the way we learn
29 June 2021Augmented and Virtual Reality can play an important role in business. If VR tech is developed at scale, it can change the conversation about workplace training and onboarding. Virtual...
Augmented reality isn’t mainstream for 3 main reasons
15 June 2021Augmented Reality (AR) Technology is nearing its 20th birthday. This is surprising. AR feels newer than that. The AR Wikipedia page refers to functional AR systems in military training...