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5 Ways to Improve Your Business Operations With VR
From better employee training to more realistic design, virtual reality can launch your brand into the future.
Ricky Holm
Expert Contributor
Founder of Chocolate Milk & Donuts, a full-service creative agency that specializes in VR, AR and 360 video experiences.
April 23, 2021
Expert Contributor
Founder of Chocolate Milk & Donuts, a full-service creative agency that specializes in VR, AR and 360 video experiences.
April 23, 2021
In just the past few years, VR technology has improved dramatically. These virtual experiences no longer require complex computer systems or massive budgets.
In the following examples, I’ll show how you can use VR to enhance recruiting efforts, build more robust marketing and promotional activations, improve employee training, design better products and increase operational efficiencies.
Ten startups graduate from Catapult Augmentor programme
Ten UK startups have graduated from Digital Catapult’s Augmentor programme, with investment-ready, commercially focused applications ready to market.
The 10 companies are:
Transforming the criminal justice system
Evidential (Manchester based) has produced EVITA, a major incident VR training platform that equips police officers with essential soft and hard skills. Backed by £1.3 million Innovate UK funding, Evidential has also developed another product, Golden Hour that uses AR to improve the preservation of crime scenes.
Helping luxury retail during the pandemic
Emperia (London based) is creating virtual reality experiences that boost sales and customer engagement for businesses in art and luxury fashion. Improving the way that products can be seen online in 3D, Emperia is working with more than 25 clients, including Maddox Gallery and Skarstedt, to bring the physical experience into the virtual world.
February 1, 2021 2:30 pm
The first Augmented Reality (AR) British Sign Language (BSL) book for children and a virtual stage-building platform have joined the government’s tech innovation scheme Digital Catapult.
Digital Catapult’s Augmentor programme works with promising start-ups that use immersive technology to help bring them to market through workshops and networking.
Using sign language to bridge the pre-verbal gap
Bristol-based start-up Vika Books has designed a children’s book which uses immersive technologies to promote British Sign Language for both deaf and hearing children.
Where is the bird? incorporates AR and Mixed Reality (XR) to encourage pre-speech communication between babies and adults.