Walmart include VR in your workouts.
American industry Walmart This year, it will apply its virtual reality training process to all its employees. It is worth noting that for some time now the company It had already incorporated this technology but only for the training of store managers and directors.
Such effects have yielded enormous positive results, to the point that the industry has decided to apply it to each of its employees in its 4.700 locations around the country.
Last year Walmart Academy - as the company's training venues are known - included the Oculus Rift in your trainings to train your boss staff in your stores.
Thanks to this, managers have been able to practice and prepare effectively for all kinds of stressful situations that the program in virtual reality, including the most difficult level: Black Friday.
"The best thing about VR is the ability to make learning experiential" stated Andy Trainor, Directors of the Walmart Academy in the USA.
“When you see a module through the equipment, your brain feels like you are really living it.”
Next month, the company will distribute more than 17.000 virtual reality devices – Oculus Go – to its main locations. From this point, Walmart will provide more than a million people the ease and opportunity to train with VR. Faced with this scenario, each superstore will receive four kits, while neighborhood and discount branches will receive two. With this new modality, the company seeks to reinforce three areas in the company: new technology, customer service Clients and compliance.
For all this, Walmart has used the platform and support from STRIVR, virtual reality company specialized in training and learning, which has been a fundamental piece for the process, because it has more than 45 learning modules completely based and specialized for the Walmart company.
"We are entering a new era of learning, and Walmart continues to lead on that path.",
added Derek Belch, CEO of STRIVR.
“The power of VR is real, and when you offer it as a way to learn and develop, it can truly transform the way a company organization train your staff.
Finally, Walmart continues to commit to the advancement and updating of its processes, becoming increasingly one of the the most disruptive by department most recognized around the world.
In this way, the inclusion of VR and the compromising ideas that the company has to offer virtual reality services, will consecrate the company as one of the preferred places to buy.
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