Skills2Learn Virtual Reality and 3D Simulation Examples

Fault Finding for Engineers

British Gas required a training tool for their engineers which tested their fault diagnosis skills in a domestic environment.

A virtual reality house was created where the engineer could walk around, inspect the boiler, its components, radiators and even talk to a customer. Through 8 different immersive scenarios engineers were given a training tool that was unique, informative, evolving and entertaining.

Technical Training and Maintenance Manual

Using virtual reality technology, a working boiler has been re-created down to its last component. Used to train engineers in safe and efficient repairs it also doubles as a product knowledge and support tool. 

Users can interact with the boiler, move around it for different angles, zoom in and out and even explode it for a better look at its component parts. It also allows users to view the best practice route for assembling and disassembling the boiler, showing detailed animations of this process.

Vehicle Fault Finding

In partnership with City & Guilds and Mercedes Benz, Skills2Learn developed an interactive virtual reality scenario designed to test student’s vehicle fault finding skills.

We developed a 3D modelled environment including Mercedes Benz car, which allowed the students to inspect, identify and repair components. This form of scenario allows real-life situations to be re-created without the physical limitations.

Fuel Loading Procedure

This virtual reality scenario was designed for trainees to learn in a completely safe environment which cannot be fully guaranteed in real life due to the high risk of serious injury or death.

The aim was to teach operators in a safe environment the correct procedure in which to connect and load fuel into a tanker. The user was able to make all the relevant pre-loading checks and then connect the correct cables, hoses and rig to the tanker in the correct order, making the necessary checks as they go.

Virtual Reality Training and Assessment

Developed for NICEIC, the Periodic Inspection Reporting programme is a comprehensive and detailed piece of software designed to train and assess operative’s requiring electrical periodic inspection, testing and reporting skills. Its aim is to improve the knowledge and consistency of electrical inspectors already carrying out this type of work.

Learners are required to carry out visual inspections, interact with a customer, identify departures, perform electrical tests following best practice, and correctly complete a Periodic Inspection Report Form.

Solar Thermal Hot Water System

When installing a solar panel hot water system there are many things that need to be taken into consideration. Using virtual reality and 3D techniques, Skills2Learn developed interactive scenarios that covered a number of different situations that engineers may find themselves in. This includes needing to specify the right type of system and dealing with different types of problems.
This e-learning programme is available to purchase.

Electrotechnical Technology

These interactive virtual reality scenarios are an ideal training ground for electrical trainees. They provide a learning stage between theory and real-life practical situations where learners can test their knowledge and skills in a safe environment. Covering fault finding, circuit set ups and appliance installation this programme helps learners with their decision making process and knowledge interpretation without the consequences of real-life mistakes.
This e-learning programme is available to purchase.

Gas & Plumbing

Using 3D, virtual reality and video technology these gas & plumbing scenarios test learner’s skills and understanding on a number of related subjects. Using this programme has saved colleges around the country thousands of pounds in material wastage, time and effort. By practising their skills virtually the users are more prepared when facing the real-life situation in front of them.
This e-learning programme is available to purchase.

LogiCity

Funded by DEFRA, this interactive virtual reality game tackled the subject of climate change and has been used by school children across the country. By seeing how life and the environment could look in the future, the user must make the correct decisions in the present day to stop the effects of global warming. By moving through a fully interactive virtual city the user can interact with many objects and see what effect one small change may have. Not only does this programme provide an enjoyable and fun experience but it also educates and brings to life the realities of climate change.

Nursing & Midwifery

This programme was developed to help nurses and midwives improve their ability to assess patients. This interactive scenario is based on a real life situation of a 36 week antenatal assessment. Combining virtual reality and multimedia the user can navigate around the hospital, interact with patients and carry out appropriate tests with the correct instruments.