virtual reality training
Digital immersive learning
Virtual reality training uses immersive computer-generated environments to teach skills or simulate experiences.
Participants wear headsets that place them in realistic scenarios—surgeons practice procedures, pilots run emergency drills, soldiers rehearse combat situations—without real-world consequences for mistakes.
The technology allows repeated practice of dangerous or expensive scenarios: The company uses virtual reality training for workplace safety.
Also called VR training.
- immersiveFully engaging the senses
- headsetWearable audio device
- simulationImitation of real processes
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- hapticOf touch perception
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Instruction through direct experience
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