Innovative VR training centre

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Nick Dalton

A VIRTUAL Reality (VR) hub is changing training for the better at Endeavour Foundation’s Innisfail social enterprise.

The disability service provider has unveiled a new VR learning hub, including a fast gaming computer, VR headset, driving wheel, and a 75in e-board for 19 employees.

The high-tech hardware comes with a suite of interactive virtual training programs, aimed at helping people with disability gain confidence by practing skills in the safety of the virtual world before taking them out into the real world.

Ben Exon is employed to construct wheelbarrows and recycle mattresses at the social enterprise and said he was keen to get behind the virtual wheel to practice driving.

“I play Nintendo at home but I’ve never used VR before,” he said.

“It will be a lot more exciting than our usual training and the forklift program will be good for safety.

“I’m excited to see how good my driving skills are because I’m on my learner’s and I hope the VR can help me gain confidence.”

Endeavour Foundation executive general manager Eric Teed said the new technology would open doors to training experiences that employees had never had access to before.