Injuries on the job are not uncommon in the construction industry; however, with appropriate training, the chances of accidents can be reduced. All training does not have to take place in person.

If you're looking for some hot topics in construction, safety and technology have to be two of the hottest. So let's talk about the role technology is playing in safety training. Specifically, safety ...

A new study suggests employee safety could be improved through use of virtual reality (VR) in Health and Safety training, such as fire evacuation drills. Researchers developed an immersive VR system ...

NORWOOD - Avoiding injuries at construction sites is a critical challenge and a company in Massachusetts hopes virtual reality might be the answer. At BOND Civil & Utility Construction in Norwood, ...

J. J. Keller & Associates has announced the release of its virtual reality training platform. The new program is available as part of the J. J. Keller Training online solution. Accessible with a ...

The introduction of virtual reality (VR) technology has changed the way employers train and improve the skills of their employees. The resulting experience is called immersive learning, as trainees ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - A Texas A&M doctoral candidate has created a virtual reality simulator designed to help construction workers stay safe on the job. Construction science PhD student Nam ...

Customized for paving applications, the VR safety training solution immerses the trainee into a virtual four-lane rural highway construction site, so the employee learns to interact with coworkers and ...

Virtual reality (VR) has arrived in the fire service as a transformative tool for enhancing training effectiveness and realism. Immersing students in a virtual environment that’s a familiar setting, ...

Royal Mail has started using virtual reality (VR) to train its postal workers about the dangers of dog attacks. At the Learning Technologies event in London, James Barton, online learning manager at ...

In Korea, workers are being provided with virtual reality (VR)-based safety training content to mitigate the increase in occupational accidents. However, the current training evaluation methods suffer ...

Virtual technology has existed for more than 50 years. However, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) have only ...