AR/VR in education and training

Episode Summary

Will VR replace human interaction for good? To answer this, we chat with David Sime, CTO & Co-Director Riot Digital, about how VR has been replacing human interaction in some cases and aiding it in others. David explores how AR & VR are transforming the fields from telecommunications, education, marketing to others.

Show Notes:

1. Augmented and Virtual Reality has moved from a small number of people using very expensive headgear to a large number of people using affordable headwear for various tasks.
2. Soft skills training is 4x more effective in a virtual reality setting than it is in a physical classroom setting.
3. The pandemic has proved that virtual reality is critical in maintaining that human connection without any physical interaction.
4. VR has a lot of potential in the renewables industry and companies are increasingly looking to reduce their carbon footprint.

(This episode is hosted by Haseeb Khan, Director Innovation & Technology, Tkxel.)