I saw this video on an augmented reality app that could help a mechanic or do-it-yourselfer fix a vehicle. I could image the potential of applying this to other types of training environments. Maybe a trainee in sales could go around the sales floor to the products and the tablet (or google glass) guide them and provide information on the product.
I don't know about the future of TRAINING, but it's certainly the future of performance support (aka 'job aids'). I had seen a demo recently that uses AR for maintenance/parts management, etc. I also think that devices similar to Google Glass will be used more and more for 'real-time training'. Google Glass may be creepy in a social setting, but imagine being a field technician stuck in a some server room and you need to install & configure this datacomm device who have last worked with a year ago. Fire up an AR app and, while you are looking at the equipment, have the AR app walk you through the required steps!
I worked for an organization that did some work with augmented reality for maintenance procedures. It was really neat, but I feel like it's a bit pricey for what it is. I think an Electronic Performance Support System might work just as well and be a bit more cost effective from a programming perspective.
No doubt the price tag on this is pretty steep, but so was developing CBT courses a few years back because the software to create it was complicated and needed a team to develop it. Now we have Storyline, Presenter, and other software that a single person could rapidly develop the same courses in a manner of a few weeks.
Working with a client who is creating AR for training staff on maintaining their specific products - a unique proposition in that specific field. Fantastic seeing it from initial conversation through to WOW! stage
We have a crane simulator that is really good. It includes a 5 big-screen TVs and a chair that is moves. The chair uses the same technology as the D-Box seats at movies. Right now we are using it to assess Journeyman and do some training with apprentices. You can simulate dangerous scenarios (wind, soft ground) to help people learn the proper reactions in these situations.
That reminds me of my training as an Air Traffic Controller. We would have 3 large screens, a console in front of is in a large room. The instructors where "pilots" sitting behind us controlling the environment. I've also visited an ATC training site at the University of Tennessee where the trainees and instructors would be in the middle of the room and would be surrounded by large screens from floor to ceiling. So you could actually turn around 360 degrees and see what is going on.
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I don't know about the future of TRAINING, but it's certainly the future of performance support (aka 'job aids'). I had seen a demo recently that uses AR for maintenance/parts management, etc. I also think that devices similar to Google Glass will be used more and more for 'real-time training'. Google Glass may be creepy in a social setting, but imagine being a field technician stuck in a some server room and you need to install & configure this datacomm device who have last worked with a year ago. Fire up an AR app and, while you are looking at the equipment, have the AR app walk you through the required steps!
I worked for an organization that did some work with augmented reality for maintenance procedures. It was really neat, but I feel like it's a bit pricey for what it is. I think an Electronic Performance Support System might work just as well and be a bit more cost effective from a programming perspective.
No doubt the price tag on this is pretty steep, but so was developing CBT courses a few years back because the software to create it was complicated and needed a team to develop it. Now we have Storyline, Presenter, and other software that a single person could rapidly develop the same courses in a manner of a few weeks.
Working with a client who is creating AR for training staff on maintaining their specific products - a unique proposition in that specific field. Fantastic seeing it from initial conversation through to WOW! stage
We have a crane simulator that is really good. It includes a 5 big-screen TVs and a chair that is moves. The chair uses the same technology as the D-Box seats at movies. Right now we are using it to assess Journeyman and do some training with apprentices. You can simulate dangerous scenarios (wind, soft ground) to help people learn the proper reactions in these situations.
That reminds me of my training as an Air Traffic Controller. We would have 3 large screens, a console in front of is in a large room. The instructors where "pilots" sitting behind us controlling the environment. I've also visited an ATC training site at the University of Tennessee where the trainees and instructors would be in the middle of the room and would be surrounded by large screens from floor to ceiling. So you could actually turn around 360 degrees and see what is going on.
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