VR Applications: Virtual Reality training improves workers' learning

At INVELON we develop training capsules in Virtual Reality for companies

INVELON Technologies is a company specialising in offering solutions in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, all of them focused on optimising companies' resources in different ways. So much so that these new technologies have proven that they can improve workers' soft skills, one of the aspects most valued today by the world's large companies.

The importance of Soft Skills and Virtual Reality in companies

Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) already hold an important place in our society. They have not only reached large corporations, but also occupy a very important part of our daily lives: we find them in the filters of mobile apps as popular as Instagram or Snapchat. Their use has also become democratised, so we encourage companies to take advantage of the benefits these new technologies offer, which are capable of improving the training of skilled professionals and their abilities.

Soft skills, or interpersonal skills, are increasingly necessary for employees to stand out in their jobs. Companies are becoming aware of this and are providing their employees with training to improve how they adapt to their role, to new processes and to new tools, in order to ease their digital transformation. In addition, the use of Virtual Reality also improves staff willingness to embrace change.

Despite this, last year, of the 82% of training aimed at acquiring technical knowledge, only 49% of companies directed their training towards soft skills. This figure is based on the B-Talent study on Virtual Reality for skills and digital transformation in Spanish companies. In many cases, this is due to a lack of budget, new tools, logistical problems, among other things.

The point is that training professionals in soft skills, or soft skills, is becoming more accessible and necessary within the business world, and this is where Virtual Reality comes into play, together with its business benefits.

We invite you to contact INVELON to find out how to improve certain processes in a company with Virtual Reality. The investment is well worth it, something that every company that has integrated it has discovered.

Benefits of Virtual Reality training

With fewer resources and without having to use much of the company's facilities and tools, Virtual Reality allows workers to step into simulated environments to put into practice what they have learned and better absorb the theoretical concepts covered in training or in class, but in a way that is easier to understand and far more realistic.

Furthermore, simply by turning to Virtual Reality training it is possible to improve certain skills or soft skills of workers, such as teamwork, problem-solving, critical thinking, responsibility, motivation and many others that are highly interesting and relevant in any job.

The most highly skilled professionals not only achieve better performance and work more efficiently, but also tend to have fewer workplace accidents and are absent from work less often.

When we talk about Virtual Reality, we talk about ROI (Return on Investment): for many reasons, but especially because it improves workers' soft skills, which makes them perform better and generates greater business benefits. It also helps workers become familiar with these new technologies and offers new options for addressing a company's needs.

Some advantages of using Virtual Reality for worker training

• Learning is 4 times faster, so workers have the chance to acquire greater skills, pay more attention to what is being explained and, as a result, improve their soft skills.
• People have seen a 275% increase in their confidence in decision-making, which is done more quickly but also more effectively. This leads to better-judged decisions, because a situation very similar to a real one has been practised, and with the use of Virtual Reality, the problem that was posed has been solved.
• Employees are 3.75 times more emotionally connected than before. This makes workers take more responsibility for their tasks and their jobs and collaborate with each other more effectively. This adds to the advantages of soft skills, when it comes to encouraging teamwork.
• It is 4 times more focused than conventional e-learning, so the necessary knowledge is acquired more quickly and training time is optimised.
• Using Virtual Reality achieves up to a 90% improvement in concept retention, compared with other traditional methods. In every case, an improvement can be seen in the retention of ideas presented through this technology. The learner is placed in a simulated situation so that they can put the concepts they have learned into practice.
• We achieve greater individual and team motivation, so that employees are more willing to acquire more knowledge and to take on new challenges, as they see it as an investment of time to improve at their work and as professionals. It is always more fun to do it with VR than listening to a conventional masterclass. It also opens up new training possibilities in the use of Virtual and Augmented Reality.
• Cost savings for the company on training, without this meaning giving up the best training outcomes. It is cheaper and safer to do it virtually than to have to build a set to simulate certain interventions.
• Safer drills and training. No risks for employees, since they can test themselves and put into practice the knowledge they are being given. It is also possible to reach places that other types of training could not, since we can simulate spaces that are impossible to recreate in real life. For example, a large fire, an explosion or, in medicine, to practise very complicated operations on virtual bodies.
• Greater muscle memory. With the use of Virtual Reality for professional training, we can say that it makes it possible to remember up to 90% more of what has been learned and how to act in a given situation. In this way, we confirm the saying “it's not the same to tell it as to live it”.
• Greater ease in assessing the knowledge acquired and seeing to what extent it has been absorbed. The company can analyse its employees' skills using Virtual Reality, by setting an exam based on a simulated situation, before and after the training if desired.
• Several options when choosing how to deliver the training using VR. As it is an interactive technology, it allows us to adapt the training to the concepts that need to be conveyed.
• It provides good long-term performance, return on investment (ROI) in training and increases the company's profits.

If we apply this Virtual Reality training to a specific type of training, for example, occupational risk prevention, the benefits it provides at a professional level are even greater, so one can imagine the improvements in professionals' technical and interpersonal skills, always together with the collaboration of INVELON.

Studies that demonstrate notable improvements in knowledge and skills through the use of VR and AR

Workers in any company, regardless of their sector, retain more knowledge when they go through the experience in Virtual Reality than if they do so in a traditional class. Samsung has carried out several studies to verify this claim and, in fact, in one of them more than 80% of teachers considered that Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality improve learning outcomes and speed.

Research by Beijing Bluefocus E-Commerce Co, in collaboration with Beijing iBokan Wisdom Mobile Internet Technology Training, found that students with lower scores raised them above the average if they followed their curriculum with Virtual Reality.

In short, thanks to the use of these technologies, more effective learning in the relevant areas is achieved simply by turning to Virtual Reality in training for companies and workers.

In addition, workers are better prepared for the new workplace tools that are being introduced, as well as for handling new processes and technologies in a changing work environment where INVELON can do a great deal. Discover it for yourself!