EY, Sky and Lloyds Banking Group among first to trial unique immersive training service
VIVIDA, the immersive Virtual Reality (VR) and video storytelling company announced the launch of a new online training service for remote workers today. VIVIDA is known for creating unique VR training tools in which employees experience otherwise impossible to replicate scenarios such as escaping a burning building (for fire safety training), or being put in the shoes of a black man in a corporate environment (for diversity training). Due to restrictions on physical contact and a remote workforce, customers – which include the likes of Ernst & Young, Sky and Lloyds Banking Group – will now be able to experience VIVIDA’s best in class experiences without the need for a VR headset.
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The launch of this online service has also seen the company refocus its efforts on two key sectors – Diversity & Inclusion and Cybersecurity. Both areas have been earmarked for high growth and current training tools only scratch the surface of very complex issues.
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“We have seen the incredible power that storytelling can have when training employees,” said Simeon Quarrie, founder and CEO at VIVIDA. “Allowing staff to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes – whether that be a black man entering a corporate environment or a hacker on the dark web – immersive training can have a truly profound effect. It is a major step up from other corporate training tools on the market. Ultimately, our aim is to make very complex issues relatable for everyone through storytelling and gamification. Once COVID-19 hit, we knew we had to reconsider how we deliver our experiences so, we decided to make them available in interactive, online modules which are available to all customers – all they need is a laptop.”
Thus far, projects include a Diversity & Inclusion experience, developed initially for EY, which gave senior executives the chance to live a day in the life of a black man entering a corporate environment, including their home life and entering EY’s office.
“As a black man who knows how intimidating it can be to walk into corporate environments, I really wanted to bring the experience to life,” continued Quarrie. “We have done some incredible, eye-opening work aimed at helping board-level directors to understand what it is like for a black person trying to enter their world.”
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