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Virtual training delivers real benefits

Digitalization influences most aspects of our lives, including the way we learn. Technologies such as Virtual Reality (VR) bring entirely new perspectives. But is VR just about technical gimmicks? Or will it help to improve the acquisition of knowledge in the long term?

Text by Martin Jung Caroline Poersch

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Virtual training delivers real benefits

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Intelligent provision of information usually seeks to deliver the appropriate information for each context of use. Thus, a service technician at a machine must receive the exact information that he requires for his task. For such cases, Augmented Reality (AR) is coming into play with increasing frequency: The AR application identifies the situation in which a user finds himself through the eye of the camera and provides the exact information that is most likely needed.

But what if the technician doesn’t have the machine in front of him at all? What if he wants to prepare for a service activity before the assignment for instance, or if he is still in training or undergoing advanced training? It is of course possible to take recourse to classical technical documentation and learning material. eLearning modules such as computer-based trainings (CBT) or web-based trainings (WBT) are often ...