{"id":13654,"date":"2026-04-16T21:09:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itdworld.com\/blog\/?p=13654"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:22:08","slug":"virtual-reality-in-training-and-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itdworld.com\/blog\/human-resources\/virtual-reality-in-training-and-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Reality in Training and Development: How Immersive Technology is Rewriting the Rules of Corporate Coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ever watched a dull safety training<\/a> video and forgotten almost everything you saw the very next day? You are certainly not alone!<\/p>\r\n

A traditional corporate training session tends to go like this: employees are either gathered in a brightly lit conference room or dialed into a mandatory Zoom call. The instructor begins clicking through a fifty-slide PowerPoint presentation filled with bullet points and dense text. Within minutes, attendees are zoning out, discreetly checking their emails, or multi-tasking in background windows. After a brief, easily guessable multiple-choice test, the training is marked complete.<\/p>\r\n

Yet, the consensus among human resources<\/a> (HR) and learning and development<\/a> (L&D) professionals is clear: traditional online training is, many times, highly inefficient, uninspiring, and rapidly forgotten<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n

When lives are on the line, or when multi-million dollar deals hang in the balance, this “forgetting curve” has become a risk that modern businesses can no longer afford to take. And that’s where Virtual Reality (VR)<\/strong> comes in. Far more than a futuristic gaming gimmick, VR is widely regarded as a proven, transformative force for modern employee development<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Author: Jonathan M. Pham<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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