Operations and Maintenance Training

Training is one of the most common applications of interactive visual simulation. A safe virtual environment can be used to simulate a real environment that is either too dangerous, complex, or expensive to train in. Virtual environments can therefore be used to increase safety standards, improve efficiency, and reduce overall training costs.

A significant advantage of a virtual training environment over a real one is it's enormous flexibility. A virtual environment can be used as the basis for training in any number of different scenarios so that trainees can learn to cope with many different situations, some of which may be impossible to prepare for in any other way.

Another advantage of using virtual environments for training purposes is that trainees learn by actively performing actions. This has a significant effect on their ability to retain what they learn, and is clearly superior to passive training techniques, such as videos and books, for training where spatial understanding is important.

If a virtual prototype has already been created for the design and assembly of a product, then much of the foundation of a training system already exists.

Selected projects include:

Intelligent VR training system, ASSIST, EU ESPRIT
Refuelling Machine Simulators, Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant, Russia
Substation operations and maintenance, Statnett, Norway