Training programs / Headsets and equipment
For anyone planning a session: headsets and equipment
Whether you need headsets, who brings them, which ones fit, and how to clean them between users.
Your questions
Do we need headsets, and who brings them?
Buyers ask whether a program is VR only, whether PTR rents headsets, how many a group needs and what IT will ask.
The routes
Your headsets, ours, a partner’s, or none
Sessions run in turns, so a group needs fewer headsets than people; the count is agreed at planning.
Your own headsets
PTR VR Library titles run on standalone headsets, such as Meta Quest and Pico, in a workshop your own facilitator leads. PTR agrees suitable hardware with you when planning.
Headsets from PTR for a session
Questions to settle when the pilot session is planned: does PTR supply headsets for a session it runs or joins, who sets them up, and who collects them?
Through a partner trainer
A trainer you already work with, or a trainer PTR introduces, can run PTR’s scenarios in their own room; agree with them who supplies the headsets and who prepares the session. Working with PTR as a trainer or facilitator.
No headset: AI roleplay in a browser
Our practice, twin and augmented reality products run in a browser, with no headset and no installation. Staff rehearse with an AI roleplay partner on the laptop they already use (choosing the right technology).
Which headsets
Named headset families, in their makers’ words
What each manufacturer states, and how a fleet is managed.
Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S
Meta states that "Meta Quest commercial devices are no longer available for sale"; existing customers keep Meta Horizon managed services for Quest 3 and 3S until 4 January 2030 (Meta for Work). A consumer Quest 3 or 3S under a third-party device manager is the current path.
PICO 4E, HTC VIVE Focus Vision and fleet tools
PICO sells the PICO 4E as an "Enterprise 6DoF All-in-One VR Headset" compatible "with a wide range of MDM services"; HTC pairs the VIVE Focus Vision with VIVE Business+ device management. ArborXR manages headsets across these brands and lists People Tech Revolution with device support for HTC, Meta and PICO (directory).
Headsets and devices
Each headset family, on its own page
Between users
Cleaning a shared headset
The manufacturer’s care steps, and what an Australian health guideline adds for shared clinical use.
Manufacturer steps, then the health guideline
Meta says "Use a dry microfiber cloth after each use" on the headset and lenses, and hand wash the facial interface in cool water with mild detergent, no chemical cleansers or alcohol, air dried before reuse; in the United States these pages are the reference. A NSW health team with the Clinical Excellence Commission published a guideline for shared VR equipment: a "Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and manufacturer approved disinfectant", wipeable or disposable facial interfaces, hand hygiene, and no use with cold or flu symptoms (CEC worker sheet).
Before the session
What to check with IT and the room
A short list to send before the kit arrives, whoever brings it.
The IT and room questions
- Network: wifi for setup and updates. Some features need the internet.
- Device management: Meta managed services, VIVE Business+ or a third-party tool. Decide who enrols each device.
- Accounts: decide who holds the account each headset signs in with.
- Data: stored, computed and hosted in the Australian region australia-southeast1 by default. A client that needs its data in its own country or on its own systems chooses where it lives (governance).
- The room: charging between turns, a clear space for each headset, seating for the debrief.
- Comfort: seated, slower-paced experiences suit most people. Glasses can usually stay on.
PTR’s published work
Which headsets the published programs ran on
Each result was measured by the organisation named. Neither compares headsets, or tests whether the result holds on another device.
Mater Education, on Pico Neo 3
Mater Education’s speaking-up program ran in VR on Pico Neo 3 headsets, and its facilitators were trained to run the technology themselves. In Mater’s own program evaluation, over 96% of participants wanted more training in VR (case study).
Google, on Meta Quest 2 and desktop
The peer-reviewed paper at ACM CHI 2024 evaluated VR inclusion training led by PTR co-founder Leonie Sanderson and built with Equal Reality, a subsidiary of People Tech Revolution, run on Meta Quest 2 headsets with a desktop version alongside. The 7 trainees who returned the optional survey gave 82% average agreement that it was better than Google’s standard DEI training (study summary).
- How we deliver
- Run it yourself with PTR VR Library titles
- AI roleplay in a browser
- In person through a partner trainer
Start with the headsets you have
Tell us what your team owns, where the sessions will run and how large a group is. Talk to us or book a time with our team.
Related pages
Working out what headsets a session needs?
Sources
Each manufacturer statement and guideline at its source.
Meta for Work
Commercial Quest devices no longer sold; managed services to 4 January 2030.
Cleaning the Meta Quest headset and lenses
A dry microfibre cloth after each use.
PICO 4E
Enterprise standalone headset, compatible with MDM services.
ArborXR
Device management across Meta, PICO, HTC and other headsets.
Infection prevention guideline for shared VR equipment
TGA-approved disinfectant, wipeable interfaces, hand hygiene.
