Integrating Immersive Experiences: VR & AR Training
Deliver VR and AR experiences hosted outside GFoundry through Learn Content, and record completion and results alongside the rest of your training.
Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) experiences are built and hosted with their own tools. GFoundry does not have a dedicated VR/AR block, but you can deliver a web-hosted immersive experience from a Learn Content item and manage it together with your other training.
What are the benefits of using VR & AR in training?
Realistic practice in a safe environment: employees can practise complex or high-stakes tasks, such as technical procedures, in a simulation without real-world risk.
Engagement: immersive, interactive experiences tend to hold attention better than passive formats.
Hands-on assessment: trainers can observe or review what the employee does in the simulation and record the result.
How do I deliver a VR/AR experience from Learn Content?
Your immersive experience needs a URL (for example a WebXR experience or a web-based module). Then choose one of these options:
Link to it: if you see the External Content setting when editing a Learn Content item, turn it on and enter the External URL. The content then opens the experience outside GFoundry.
Embed it: if the experience can be embedded in other sites, paste its embed code (usually an iframe) in a Text & Media Block. See Text & Media Block: Text, HTML and Embedded Content. Experiences that need a headset app, or services that block embedding, cannot be shown this way; use a link instead.
You can combine the experience with other blocks in the same content, such as a video briefing or a PDF with instructions. Quizzes cannot be added to external content.
How are completion and results tracked?
GFoundry does not read what happens inside an external simulation. It tracks the Learn Content like any other content. To record how each employee did:
Turn on Enable Employees Training Validation & Evaluation for the content, and use the Training Validation & Evaluation tab to add each participant's score, training time and completion. For external content, this setting is turned on automatically, because its completion is validated by a manager. See How to use Training Validation & Evaluation in Learn Content.
If you embedded the experience (rather than using External Content, which does not allow quizzes), you can add a quiz to the same content for an automatic knowledge check.
Can I connect it to training programs and certificates?
Yes. The Learn Content item can be added to a Training Program, and a certificate can be awarded automatically after completing a Learn Content. See Certificate Management: Awarding Learner Achievements.