2.2.2 The different VR training solutions in the automotive industry

5.1. Training of employees in logistics

For many automotive manufacturers, their logistics process is not automated. 

Automotive logistics consists of many steps that are crucial to the delivery of a vehicle after it leaves the factory. 

Therefore, if the logistics is not automated, there are bound to be human errors. 

In order to limit the errors of its employees, the Volkswagen Group has turned to VR training to educate its employees and promote their concentration and motivation. 

Learners are immersed in a virtual environment that replicates a real logistics centre. 

The program provides guidance on which objects to interact with and how to do it correctly. 

The VR training was created with increasing levels of difficulty. Students can repeat the levels as many times as they like until they achieve optimal results. 

With the help of virtual reality training, Volkswagen Group has reduced the need for physical space and equipment for employee logistics training. 

At the same time, the company has managed to increase employee interest in their work and implement the required quality standards. 

Volkswagen Exemple 

Volkswagen Group is backing virtual reality solutions for interactive collaboration in production & logistics.

Innoactive VR platform now enables Volkswagen to bring people and teams from the many corners of the world together in three-dimensional VR spaces, in real time. It produces efficiencies on multiple levels, less time consuming and costly air travel
Diving into the deceptively real world of virtual reality (VR), for example exchanging ideas with Group colleagues at a logistics hall in the Czech Republic from Wolfsburg – the latest VR technology makes that possible for the first time. Experts from the Volkswagen Group have developed virtual reality applications for production & logistics that enable several participants to meet in a VR room. Following a test phase, the Volkswagen Group is now the first car manufacturer to roll out VR technology with the HTC VIVE-VR system. The Volkswagen Digital Reality Hub developed for this purpose together with the Innoactive startup bundles all existing VR applications, users and tools in the Group on a single platform. This platform is making its public debut at the Digility conference and exhibition in Cologne.
Volkswagen Digital Reality Hub Group platform creates ideal conditions for cross-brand and cross-site collaboration in virtual world.

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