360immersive

Many safety trainers know the problem: workers sit through slides or an old video, remember little, and report fewer near misses. 360immersive sets out to change that with short interactive courses, virtual reality simulations and game-style content for construction and general industry employers.

The off-the-shelf library

The core product is My Virtual Safety Trainer, usually shortened to MVST. It is a library of more than sixty microlearning courses, each lasting roughly twenty minutes. The company says they are designed to build hazard identification, situational awareness and self-awareness, and that they support the training requirements of the OSHA 10-hour certification. Courses suit blended learning or self-paced eLearning, and trainers can use them in self-paced, instructor-led or virtual instructor-led sessions. Each course is SCORM compliant, so it can be loaded into a learning management system in minutes. The simulations play on a desktop, on current iOS and Android devices, or on Meta Quest headsets for a more immersive session.

Custom training

For employers that want something different, 360immersive builds VR simulations and gamified modules on its own gamification platform and says that changes typically take two to three weeks. The company contrasts that with the high cost and long timelines usually linked to custom content, and says it can match a range of budgets.

Problems it aims at

The company lists the situations that bring clients to it:

• Poor engagement in training sessions.
• Low retention of critical learning goals.
• Training that relies on slideshows, video tapes or DVDs.
• Fewer reports of near misses or unsafe conditions.
• Higher insurance costs after serious injuries or deaths.
• Difficulty hiring and keeping a younger or more diverse workforce.

It adds that adult learners respond better when training is interactive, and that its courses are meant to slot into a company's existing curriculum for onboarding, refresher training and upskilling.