As products and services become more complex, providing the right training or performance support has the biggest impact on improving proficiency. Augmented and virtual reality can be the link that enables you to deliver your valuable content directly to your audience when they need it most. 

In this session, you will explore the benefits of adding AR and VR to your training strategies. You will learn about the pros and cons of deploying these technologies by examining real-world examples of AR and VR in practice. You will also discuss the potential ROI of these technologies, including how you can use them to reduce existing training costs.

In this session, you will learn:

• About the benefits of AR and VR for learners
• About practicalities, considerations, and challenges around deploying such a program
• From real-world examples of how augmented and virtual reality are being applied and used for training and performance support
• About the ROI of implementing these types of programs, including how to decrease overall costs associated with long training periods and potential rework

Audience:
Novice to advanced designers, developers, project managers, managers, directors, and anyone interested in learning how to use AR and VR for training purposes.

Technology discussed in this session:
Augmented reality (mobile devices, AR software development kits) and virtual reality (Unity software, Oculus Rift, Microsoft HoloLens).