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If we listen to the experts, simulation-based training, be it VR, AI-driven, or any other immersive technologies, is quickly changing the landscape on how industries and corporations prepare and train their employees. As Tusher, Mallam, and Nazir (2024) emphasize, the future of workplace learning is moving towards a more virtual, individualized, and adaptive space that supports and promotes hands-on skill development, be it virtual or not, especially in sectors like aviation, healthcare, and engineering.
Future Projection
Future Projection
According to a 2024 report by The Business Research Company, the virtual training and simulation industry is expected to have more impressive and explosive growth compared to projections by The Spherical Insights, growing from $464.62 billion in 2024 to $1 trillion in 2029 at CAGR of 16%. These numbers are driven by demand for immersive and, most importantly, cost-efficient training that will scale with further adoption across various industries.
Sims Utopia
Sims Utopia
Here is a little propaganda video from the Sunshine State, Orlando in particular, advocating in favour of all simulation-based training in various sectors of their economy.
Opportunities
Opportunities
VR offers immersive and realistic training manuals that develop skills (e.g. firefighters, surgeons, etc.)
Risk-free practice in dangerous scenarios without facing real danger
Finally, it is a cost-effective and immersive learning experience
Challenges
Challenges
Expensive cost of VR hardware and current software limitations (issues with equity)
Users may experience motion sickness
Limited research on long-term effectiveness and various consequences
🏁 Check Point: Future Forecast
🏁 Check Point: Future Forecast
In his novel Brave New World, Huxley imagined a society where people were conditioned through immersive simulations and psychological programming to fit accordingly into their societal roles, specifically targeting efficiency and control. As we move into the future where AI-adaptive simulations, ultra-real XR, and VR are shaping and changing the workplace as we know it, we must ask ourselves, are these tools here for human advancement or conformity?
What excites you about simulation-based training? (cost-effectiveness, safety, etc.)
Do you have any concerns about the sweeping take-over of simulation-based training? (human judgment or the lack thereof, over-reliance on AI, privacy, etc.)
Finally, do you see any echoes of Huxley’s vision in our future, why?
Share your answers in the Padlet below 👇
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