TRANSFR Raises $12M to Deliver Hands-on Workforce Training Through VR - News
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Coaching and examinations within the VR experience further reinforce concepts to ensure that whatever users learn to do in virtual reality, they can also do in real life—even if the training location might be far removed from any physical equipment or production line. “When [students] take off the headset, they will be asked by the employer, ‘Can you show me how to use this tool or use this machine or do this process or procedure?’ and the people need to be able to do that.” The result is a training regimen that provides ‘hands-on’ experience in a virtual environment that can potentially be delivered anywhere with an internet connection. TRANSFR training programs have also been offered in Alabama schools and community colleges to provide a pathway from education direct to secure, well-paid, skilled job opportunities. “Making skills training more accessible, relevant and engaging can help to bring technical careers to life and open them up to workers in search of their next step,” said Ed Castille, Alabama deputy secretary of commerce and director of AIDT. “This work is helping to bridge the gap between unemployed workers and hands-on, technical skills training required in fast-growing fields across our state.” New uses for virtual reality are emerging all the time.
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