The trainee takes off a headset, relieved to have done that session in virtual reality (VR) instead of atop the real windmill. That’s why a maker of wind turbines, like Siemens Gamesa, prefers to use virtual reality and augmented reality (VR/AR) for its training. When furniture giant Ikea wanted to test the Middle East market, XR Labs helped set up pop-up stores with VR. Locally, it has introduced VR training for emergency response in the event of a crash at Chennai airport. Unlike VR which immerses a person in a virtual world, AR interacts with the real world on which digital notes and images can be overlaid.

Source: Mint October 20, 2019 16:41 UTC