{"id":1584,"date":"2017-05-05T16:13:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T15:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.vrs.org.uk\/virtual-reality-in-business\/"},"modified":"2017-06-28T15:24:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T14:24:13","slug":"a2s8keywordsa0s4timei1493913753","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrs.org.uk\/virtual-reality-applications\/business.html","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Reality in Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual reality is being used in a number of ways by the business community which include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Virtual tours of a business environment<\/li>\n<li>Training of new employees<\/li>\n<li>A 360 view of a product<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many businesses have embraced virtual reality as a cost effective way of developing a product or service. For example it enables them to test a prototype without having to develop several versions of this which can be time consuming and expensive.<\/p>\n<p>Plus it is a good way of detecting design problems at an early stage which can then be dealt with sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<h2>Business benefits<\/h2>\n<p>For some businesses, <a href=\"\/virtual-reality-environments\/cave.html\">fully immersive virtual reality<\/a> a la CAVE system is the way forward. They like the fact that they can use this to test drive a product in the early stages of development but without any additional costs (or risks) to themselves.<\/p>\n<p>This is particularly useful for companies who produce dangerous or potentially harmful products which need to be evaluated before use. They can test their product within a virtual environment but at no risk to themselves or their employees. And virtual reality technology has advanced to the stage where it has a high degree of realism and efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Some companies use virtual reality to help with data analysis and forecasting trends in order to gain an edge over their competitors. One example of this is a system developed by researchers at the University of Warwick which is designed to help businesses gain a greater understanding of their data.<\/p>\n<h2>Virtual worlds for business<\/h2>\n<p>Another use is virtual worlds: there are companies who use virtual worlds as a means of holding meetings with people who are based in various locations. This is often a low cost solution to the problem of communication with large numbers of employees in remote locations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\">Virtual environments<\/a> are also used for training courses and role playing scenarios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual reality is being used in a number of ways by the business community which include: Virtual tours of a business environment Training of new employees A 360 view of a product Many businesses have embraced virtual reality as a cost effective way of developing a product or service. 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