PwC VR for Learning

PwC VR for Learning: Inclusiveness Training in Comparison

PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) aimed to prove the efficacy of Virtual Reality (VR)-based learning by comparing a traditional classroom training on inclusive leadership (and its existing eLearning counterpart) with a bespoke VR experience based around the same lessons. By placing participants in the VR environment, PwC’s research leads found that learners were 4x less distracted than in-class or online, learning 69 and 33% faster, respectively. These striking numbers point to the vast potential for VR trainings for soft skills and other social learnings beyond the Business discipline.

Assignment Idea: Tomorrow’s Tailored Training

Description

Very specific interactions with clients and coworkers or highly specialized processes are commonplace within any profession. On the job training, apprenticeships and the like can help with experiential learning but not every situation is easy to preview – and some are too high stakes to present to a newly minted worker. And none, of course, are repeatable. VR training opens the door to powerful, scenario-based learning across a wide range of disciplines.

Imagine practicing classroom management before setting foot in school as an in service teacher. Or welding a crucial locomotive part while miles away from the rail yard. What types of interactions with people or tools might you imagine in your own future profession? What kinds of training opportunities would you like to practice to help you feel more confident in this job?

Subject Areas

Business (Human Relations), Education, Engineering, Psychology

Deliverables

view an example of VR-based training (1)
description of interaction or process to be simulated
script or outline of interaction or process, including correct/incorrect tracks
360º storyboard describing the interaction or process in an appropriate space
short video enacting what a VR simulated scene might look like (optional)
reflection on how this VR module would benefit the trainee