West Lancashire businesses can benefit from VR technology after county wide investment
BUSINESSES across West
Lancashire will be able to benefit from a range of
virtual reality equipment designed to help local
companies prepare for working in a future low
carbon economy.
2 state of the art low carbon virtual reality (VR)
hubs are on site at Nelson and Colne College and
Accrington and Rossendale College, while an
additional mobile VR unit will be available to
travel to local businesses, Schools and events
across West Lancashire.
The VR hubs have been purchased as part of an
₤8.4m project, delivered by The Lancashire
Colleges, to develop the skills of the Region's
current and future workforce and help businesses
to lead the way in low carbon technology. Funded
by the Department for Education, the Strategic
Development Fund (SDF) Pilot aims to increase
joint working between Colleges and employers to
prepare Lancashire's workforce for the move to a
low carbon economy.
Each hub will support local manufacturers to
benefit from immersive surroundings which allow
employees to understand the location and setting
that they are working with, in turn helping
manufacturers to develop a process without having
to travel long distances or enter high risk
environments.
The VR setup allows multiple groups of people to
remotely understand a process at the same time to
increase collaboration and can also be used for
remote presentations, demonstrations, risk
assessments and design reviews.
In addition to being available to local
businesses, students at Colleges across Lancashire
will also be able to learn in real life
environments without needing to leave the
classroom, helping them become ready for the world
of work once they qualify. Local Schools will also
be able to benefit from the technology for
curriculum delivery, virtual field trips and
special events.
Paul Barker, Head of Sales and Recruitment for
Apprenticeships and Training at Nelson and Colne
College Group said:- "We're determined to use
the SDF Pilot to make a real difference,
investing in alternative technologies and
training so that companies and communities can
thrive in a low carbon Lancashire. The VR suites
allow local companies to lead the way in finding
solutions to manufacturing challenges, while it
means students and workers in Lancashire can
learn using the best technology on the market,
creating new opportunities to help local
employees to become the best they can be without
having to leave the county."
The hubs are all equipped with Igloo Enterprise
software which can display can display any kind of
digital content, including immersive content, or
anything on the internet into the virtual reality
space, meaning businesses can access an existing
library of material or create an environment
bespoke to them.
Businesses can request access to the hubs either
on site at the College or the 3m2 mobile unit can
visit their company premises. For further
information contact:- Employers@NelsonGroup.AC.UK
or for more details on the Strategic Development
Fund Pilot and support for Lancashire businesses
to move to low-zero carbon technologies, visit:- TLC.AC.UK/SDF.
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