The Transfr Learning Intelligence team leveraged a third-party panel service provider to evaluate learning gains from video and VR training around the “Oil Change” task. Participants were grouped into three experience categories*: Having never performed an oil change (novice), having performed oil changes up to nine times (intermediate), or having performed more than 10 oil changes (experienced). Then they were assigned into one of three conditions: No training, video training (where they were shown a video playthrough of the Transfr VR simulation), or VR training (where they actively engaged in the Oil Change simulation via their headset).
The key takeaway was that, for novices, while viewing the video was beneficial in terms of learning (vs the group of novices who received no training), learning gains from actively engaging with the simulation were statistically greater.
With VR training, novices performed at levels statistically similar to intermediate participants with video training and significantly greater than intermediate participants with no “refresher” training.
*All participants were grouped according to self-reported information.
It is exciting to see that Transfr VR training can enable novices to realize similar performance in the Oil Change task as those who report having moderate levels of real-world experience.
