VIRTUAL REALITY-BASED PROCESS AND SAFETY TRAINING

Karthik Govindarajan, president at Oak Tree Consulting, tells Tank Storage Magazine how VR and AR technologies are changing training procedures Virtual Reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies are increasingly popular in the field of process and safety training. These technologies provide an immersive learning experience, providing trainees with a hands-on approach to learning complex procedures and navigating hazardous scenarios. In traditional training methods, trainees learn through lectures, demonstrations, and role-playing exercises, which are often limited in their ability to replicate real-world situations. Computer-based lessons are now common and often used for introductory and refresher classes. In general, these are based on reading a passage and selecting the correct answer from multiple choices. On the other hand, VR/AR technologies provide an interactive and engaging immersive training experience that allows trainees to experience and respond to real-world situations in a simulated environment. VR is a computer-generated simulation of a 3D environment that a user can interact as though they are there. These experiences typically involve the use of a...