Imagine joining a trainer-led session using virtual reality, simply connecting from anywhere, by just put on an Oculus 2 headset. This is reality today and an opportunity which has gained a lot of interest, for instance at Volvo Trucks.
“With the help of VR we can perform trainings on for instance a truck, without having the physically product at the training facilities, this means large cost savings” comments Johan Cruse, Volvo Trucks. He adds: “Important is of course also that employees can be trained in a safe environment to avoid potentially dangerous situations”.
A pilot is right now ongoing within Volvo Trucks, UK. Volvo is securing the framework to manage devices and supporting end-users wearing an Oculus Headset and joining a training. The VR environments is produced in-house by Volvo Group Digital & IT together with the preferred supplier.
Volvo is starting up tests of VR trainings within several of the brands and to different categories of employees. The trainings, often important from a security perspective, can be conducted anywhere, in a trainer led, multiuser 3D environment.
“There is a huge interest for this technique, the number of possible application areas is increasing”, says Lars Ahnér, Volvo Group Digital & IT.