Client Testimony
How EPC Group successfully internationalized its
VR deployment with Uptale
With the participation of EPC Group
Deploying immersive training in the group's subsidiaries
Speakers : Sophie Antarieu, VR Training Project Manager and Technical Training Services
EPC Group was looking for a way to standardize their security induction with the Uptale VR training solution. By the end of the year, EPC aims to create one induction module per country. The first wave of deployment is in the Mediterranean region of Europe. The subsidiaries benefiting from the field digitization are those in France, Belgium, Morocco, Spain and Italy.
Results:
- Standardization of security induction in the Mediterranean subsidiaries
- Training of an internal community of VR creators
- Immersion and interaction increases learner understanding and retention
« Since the beginning of 2022, we have had a group objective to standardize our security reception with the Immersive Learning Uptale solution. The goal is to create one induction module per country by the end of the year. »
Deploying VR in face-to-face and remote settings
EPC used two methods to deliver VR training within the group:
- In-person, by going directly to the sites to co-create a VR induction module with the teams on site
- Remotely, by training the teams on the tool, by equipping them with a 360 camera and by using the FAQ and tutorial videos of Uptale
What are the steps to create and deploy immersive training in the international subsidiaries of a group?
What advice does she have for a successful creation and deployment abroad?
Le déploiement en présentiel
On-site deployment:
1. Plan the different steps of the creation and deployment
2. Write the detailed script of the module. It can be taken from existing security templates and will vary slightly depending on the specificities of each branch.
3. Accompany on the 360° shoot
4. Co-create the immersive training on Uptale, train on the solution
5. Test phase with the directors before deploying
What about distance learning?
No need to panic! Sophie Antarieu explains how to proceed:
Le déploiement en distanciel
Remote deployment
1. Plan the different stages of creation and deployment
2. Get to know the Uptale platform with small exercises, become aware of the possibilities of creating the solution
3. Write the detailed script of the module. It can be taken from existing security templates and will vary slightly according to the specificities of each branch
4. Run it independently
5. Accompany the design on the authoring tool
6. Test phase with directors before release
FEEDBACK ON FACE-TO-FACE TRAINING
The subsidiaries do not have to invest in film equipment and can see all the stages of creation from A to Z.
The training managers do not gain autonomy immediately, especially on the editing part on the authoring tool which requires a certain investment from the teams on site.
FEEDBACK ON DISTANCE LEARNING
The training managers gain autonomy more quickly despite the fact that they are not physically accompanied from A to Z.
They are already equipped to shoot 360°. Future projects can therefore be carried out without the intervention of an Uptale expert. Sophie Antarieu only intervened a little.
« At the beginning of 2022, our group decided to develop virtual reality in other subsidiaries.
In the Europe-Mediterranean zone, we have 40 subsidiaries divided into several zones in five countries: Belgium, France, Spain, Italy and Morocco.
Our objective is to standardize our security reception thanks to the Uptale solution. »
Sophie Antarieu, EPC France
