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Virtual Reality Training Simulations for High-Risk Work

Custom VR simulations that let your crews practice dangerous, costly, or rare procedures until they’re routine. Built for your sites, integrated with your LMS, and tracked in Vision Portal.

Trusted by safety and L&D teams at
$1.5M
saved annually · Toyota
10,000+
dealer technicians trained a year
Outcomes

Measurable results before anyone touches live equipment.

VR training turns high-consequence procedures into repeatable, scored practice. Here is what that changes for your operation.

Eliminate risk

Rehearse lockout, arc-flash, and confined-space work with zero exposure.

  • Simulate hazardous scenarios you could never stage on site
  • Build muscle memory before the first live job

Train faster

Run unlimited reps on demand to shorten time-to-competency.

  • No waiting on equipment downtime or trainers
  • Replay recorded sessions to review every step

Standardize and pass audits

Every learner gets the same procedure, scored the same way.

  • Step-level records for every attempt
  • Surpass audits and meet compliance requirements

Cut costs

Replace travel, venues, and consumables with headsets.

  • Toyota saves $1.5M a year
  • Scale to new sites without new training rigs
Two ways we build

Match the medium to the procedure.

360 video training
Filmed on your site
Best for soft skills and safety orientation

Interactive 360 Video

Real footage of your people and facilities with branching decisions, hotspots, and knowledge checks. Fast to produce and instantly familiar to crews.

Site orientationHazard recognitionSoft skills
vr training substation
Real-time 3D
Best for complex technical procedures

CGI Simulations

Fully interactive digital twins of your equipment. Learners pick up tools, follow each step, and see the consequences of a mistake without the cost of one.

Lockout / tagoutEquipment maintenanceEmergency response
Featured case study · Toyota Material Handling
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Our vision is to provide a learning environment that resonates with current and future generations of technicians.

Toyota rolled out hundreds of Meta for Work headsets to dealers across the US and Canada. VR Vision handled the LMS integration and device management setup, and consulted on change management to drive adoption.

Holly Brotzman, Dealer Training Manager at Toyota Material Handling
Holly Brotzman
Dealer Training Manager, Toyota
$1.5M
saved annually
10,000+
dealer technicians trained each year
How it works

From procedure to headset in four steps.

One team owns the whole program, from the first scoping call to fleet management.

01

Blueprint

Your SMEs and our instructional designers map the procedure, site, and scoring criteria.

02

Build

Artists and developers recreate your equipment and site in 360 video or real-time CGI.

03

Deploy

Headsets are configured, enrolled in your MDM, and connected to your network and LMS.

04

Manage Vision Portal

Track every session, score, and headset, and sync results to your LMS.

Vision Portal
Vision Portal

See every session. Prove every competency.

Watch trainees live from the headset’s point of view, message a group mid-session, skip a step when someone gets stuck, and report scores by procedure and site.

Works with your stack

DoceboCornerstoneSAP SuccessFactorsAbsorb360LearningAny xAPI / SCORM LMS
Standards
xAPI, SCORM, and direct API connections
MDM
ArborXR and ManageXR for pushing courses and updates
Setup
Device configuration, networking, and site whitelisting handled with your IT team
Industries

Built for high-hazard environments.

What would VR training save you?

Estimate the savings and payback for your own training program.

Cover of the Ultimate Guide to VR Training and Spatial Computing with a Meta Quest headset
Free guide · 13 chapters

The Ultimate Guide to VR Training

Everything L&D and safety teams need to plan VR training: content options, hardware, assessments, and rollout.

  • Comparing 360 video and CGI
  • Choosing VR hardware
  • Assessments and LMS integration
  • Challenges and how to avoid them

Virtual Reality Training Simulations: The Future of Workforce Learning

Virtual reality training simulations place employees inside a realistic, interactive replica of their work environment, so they can practice procedures, make decisions, and learn from mistakes without real-world consequences. Enterprises in utilities, energy, manufacturing, automotive, and healthcare use them to reduce costs, improve safety, and prove results.

What VR training simulations are

A VR training simulation combines a headset, tracked controllers, and scenario software modelled on a specific task. Learners interact with equipment, tools, and colleagues as they would on site, while the system records every action, decision, and error for review.

VR Vision builds two kinds: interactive 360 video filmed at your facilities, and CGI simulations that recreate your equipment as a fully interactive digital twin.

Why they outperform classroom training

Traditional training is expensive and inconsistent. Classroom lectures explain a procedure but rarely hold attention. On-the-job training exposes workers to real risk. E-learning modules cannot replicate physical tasks. Simulation lets people actually perform the work, and repetition builds the muscle memory that high-risk jobs depend on.

  • Cut costs: reduce travel, instructor, venue, and equipment expenses.
  • Train safely: rehearse rare failures and emergencies that are impossible to stage in real life.
  • Standardize: deliver the same procedure across every site, shift, and trainer.
  • Measure: score every step, not just a final quiz, and send results to your LMS.

Where they deliver the most value

The strongest return comes from procedures that are dangerous, expensive to rehearse, or performed rarely: switching and lockout in utilities, turbine maintenance in energy, line changeovers in manufacturing, and diagnostics in automotive service.

Results from real deployments

  • Toyota Material Handling: VR training for more than 10,000 dealer technicians across North America. Read the case study.
  • Avangrid: VR for wind turbine maintenance, substation walkthroughs, and switching procedures. Read the case study.
  • Siemens Gamesa: immersive technical training for renewable energy equipment. Read the case study.
  • Hydro One: VR safety training for utility crews. Read the case study.

Measuring the return

Track time-to-competency, first-time pass rates, incident rates, and avoided travel and downtime. Toyota’s dealer training program, for example, saves $1.5M a year. To model your own numbers, try the VR training ROI calculator.

FAQ

Training modes, hardware & rollout

What is the difference between single-player and multiplayer training modes?

Single-player modules let one learner work through a procedure at their own pace, in guided, interactive, evaluation, or education modes with step-level scoring. Multiplayer sessions put several learners, and optionally an instructor, in the same virtual site for trainer-led education or persistent-state simulations of team tasks like switching orders and emergency response.

Should we use standalone or PC-powered headsets?

Standalone headsets are wireless with built-in processing, which makes them the easiest to scale across sites. PC-powered headsets connect to an external computer and are used for ultra high-end simulations, such as detailed vehicle training, that need more graphics power.

Does it integrate with our LMS?

Yes. Vision Portal works with modern learning management systems through direct APIs, xAPI, or SCORM. Trainers can schedule VR learning, track performance, and see high-level analytics from their LMS. VR Vision has integrated with Docebo, Cornerstone, SAP SuccessFactors, Absorb, and 360Learning.

How are headsets deployed and managed across sites?

VR Vision advises on the right device for each use case, handles firmware updates, labelling, and initial configuration, and works with your IT team on networking and site whitelisting. Courses and updates are pushed through an MDM such as ArborXR or ManageXR.

What can trainers do in Vision Portal during a session?

Trainers can manage groups of people in VR at the same time, track progress in real time, send messages, watch a live feed from the headset’s point of view, skip steps if a trainee gets stuck, and review detailed analytics afterwards.

Ready to see it in a headset?

See a simulation from your industry and talk through what your first module could look like.