Augmented Reality puts information on top of reality, which blurs the line between what is real and what is not. Virtual Reality creates a whole new reality that manipulates the human senses into thinking you are in a different world. To use Virtual Reality you need special glasses and equipment, like a remote control or gloves that registers hand movements.
AR and VR can be used to practice different kinds of logistics operations for new employees in a controlled environment.
One of the most important lessons learned from the VIL report ‘Vision in Logistics‘ is that AR has a strong added value for training because it has a positive impact on quality, which leads to better performance.
Opportunities
The project has economic and social potential:
- increasing productivity, reliability, and accuracy in performing logistics tasks, by using AR – VR in training
- decreasing (security) risks of high-risk processes, by training with VR and using additional AR alerts and warnings
- optimizing processes by pointing out adjustments via AR – VR
- re-educate employees easily, with limited infrastructure, and at little extra costs
- using AR – VR for testing soft skills in recruitment procedures
- reducing the number of movements in the warehouse, thanks to remote help