--- title: "Selected work: VR and AI training used in real situations" description: "The work of People Tech Revolution in one place: client builds by sector, the PTR VR Library, AI products and Fast Builds." canonical: https://peopletechrevolution.com/work --- OUR WORK # Built for real people. Used in real situations. Immersive and AI training built for the moments that decide how work actually goes. ## Download the case studies Client evaluations and published research behind our work. Download the PDFs to share with your team, or request the full Mayo Clinic case study. Case study ### [Mater Immersive Learning Pilot closure report](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/case-studies/mater-speaking-with-good-judgement) Mater Education program evaluation, PDF [Download the Mater case study PDF](https://peopletechrevolution.com/uploads/docs/people-tech-revolution-mater-immersive-learning-pilot-case-study.pdf) [Read about the case study](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/case-studies/mater-speaking-with-good-judgement) Case study ### [Interactive Learning Tools: Food Education Case Study](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/case-studies/cook-it-food-education) FoodStream Network classroom evaluation, PDF [Download the Cook It! case study PDF](https://peopletechrevolution.com/uploads/docs/people-tech-revolution-cook-it-food-education-case-study.pdf) [Read about the case study](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/case-studies/cook-it-food-education) Research paper ### [Leveraging Virtual Reality to Enhance Diversity and Inclusion Training at Google](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/research-evidence/vr-dei-training-google-chi-2024) Peer-reviewed paper, CHI EA '24, PDF [Download the Google research paper PDF](https://peopletechrevolution.com/uploads/docs/people-tech-revolution-google-vr-inclusion-training-chi-2024.pdf) [Read about the research](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/research-evidence/vr-dei-training-google-chi-2024) Case study, on request ### [VR training for nurse leaders at Mayo Clinic](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/research-evidence/vr-nursing-leaders-mayo-clinic) Peer-reviewed papers in JONA (2024) and Social Science & Medicine (2025), publisher copyright. Full text on request, not on this website. Request access to the full Mayo Clinic case study [Read about the case study](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/research-evidence/vr-nursing-leaders-mayo-clinic) ## Every sector we build for. The same method travels across very different rooms, from a hospital ward to a control room to a depot. [See every industry we build for →](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/industries)[Age tech](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/age-tech) > "I lead a team of passionate changemakers dedicated to creating immersive virtual reality experiences that foster better understanding and improved workplace culture. Our PTR VR experiences aim to reduce discrimination and bias while enhancing empathy and inclusion." Leonie Sanderson Co-founder, People Tech Revolution; finalist, Women in Technology Lifting Communities Award 2024. [WiT 2024 award finalists (archived)](https://web.archive.org/web/20250116184525/https://wit.org.au/awards/2024-awards-finalists/) ### [Education](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/industries/education) Universities, TAFEs, schools and training providers. Nursing and allied health, trades, teacher education and work readiness. A student nurse takes a simulated ward round. Practising a trade assessment before the real bench. A veterinary student practises while a vet observes. The staff workshop, from the second row. ### [Health and allied health](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/industries/healthcare-medical) Clinical teams practising the conversations that are hard to rehearse any other way, in rooms that look like their own. A worker conducts a shaded-veranda community health visit. A clinician speaks to a child and mother. A physiotherapist guides a patient along parallel bars. Handover in the corridor, where it usually happens. ### [Government and defence](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/industries/government-public-sector) Frontline public sector staff: counter services, home visits, tribunals and briefings. Giving evidence, practised before the day it counts. The public counter, seen from inside the simulation. Briefing a room that will push back. Two workers stand among depot trucks and sheds. ### [Mining and resources](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/industries/mining-resources) FIFO and site-based crews. Control rooms, pit and plant, and the conversations that happen back at camp. Stopping work when stopping work is unpopular. The operator's seat overlooks a plant control room. A worker walks the FIFO camp walkway. A translucent trainer twin explaining a procedure. ### [Enterprise and workplace](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/industries/workplace-enterprise) Any organisation where the difficult moment is a conversation: feedback, escalation, and the things people avoid saying. The call that escalates, practised before it does. Raising something awkward with a colleague you like. Feedback on the floor, where everyone can hear. A leader briefing staff on a restructure. ### [Transport and logistics](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/industries/transport-logistics) Drivers and depot crews. A smaller part of the delivered work so far, built around incident and wellbeing conversations. Airline and airport crews practise the passenger moments that escalate: [airline and airport frontline teams](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/industries/aviation). The cab, seen from the driver's seat. A yard handover where being clear matters most. A colleague checks in across the table. Hands hold the wheel on a rural highway. ### [Justice and community services](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/industries/justice-community-services) [Youth justice, mentoring and community services](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/industries/justice-community-services). Built on one deep program rather than a broad portfolio. A sheriff's officer at the courthouse door. A street encounter, seen from inside the simulation. A first conversation at a women's service. A mentor and a young person talking. ### [Aged care and disability](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/industries/aged-care-disability) Support workers and clinicians practising the conversations that carry the most dignity. Disability support teams practise the conversations that keep people safe and respected: [NDIS support workers and US direct support teams](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/industries/disability). A resident and carer talk in aged care. A support worker sitting at eye level. A carer gives a front room handover. A client sits beside her walker at home. ## Client work Programs built with and for organisations, in the rooms their people actually work in. [See every case study →](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/case-studies) · [Who we work with →](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/who-we-work-with) · [Evidence for innovation teams →](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/innovation-teams) [XR · HEALTHCARE Mater Education Speaking with good judgement A safe simulated space for healthcare staff to practise communication under pressure.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/case-studies/mater-speaking-with-good-judgement) [XR · WORKPLACE Google VR DEI training A four scenario VR DEI training PTR co-designed with Google employee volunteers, published as a peer-reviewed paper at CHI 2024.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/case-studies/google-vr-dei-training) [XR · HEALTHCARE Mayo Clinic A Day In a Lifetime A peer-reviewed VR series People Tech Revolution built for Mayo Clinic nurse leaders, with measured gains in empathy and upstander behaviour.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/case-studies/mayo-clinic-a-day-in-a-lifetime) [XR · WORKPLACE Etihad Airways Confronting bias in cabin crew culture A two day VR pilot for multicultural cabin crew, pairing Everyday Inclusion and Mind Shift with a facilitated Yarning Circle.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/case-studies/etihad-cabin-crew-inclusion) [XR · GOVERNMENT · EDUCATION Central Coast Council Raising awareness of disability A first person VR experience delivered more than 200 times across community events, council and teacher training.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/case-studies/central-coast-council-disability-awareness) [XR · WORKPLACE Metro Trains Gender equity in operational roles VR pilot workshops testing whether immersive learning could surface the bias behind low female representation in operational roles.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/case-studies/metro-trains-gender-equity) [XR · EDUCATION Cook It Reimagining food education A gamified VR cooking simulation built with FoodStream Network to make nutrition education hands-on in NYC schools.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/case-studies/cook-it-food-education) [XR · EDUCATION Everyday Inclusion at Cornell Built with Cornell University A three part VR experience co-designed with Cornell University, teaching bias through first hand experience since 2018.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/case-studies/everyday-inclusion-cornell) ## The PTR VR Library Ready-to-run immersive modules, built once and used across many organisations. [XR PTR VR Library Built and ready to explore A growing collection of immersive VR experiences designed for leadership, learning and social impact.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/xr/ptr-vr-library) [XR · WORKPLACE Lift VR Leadership practice, no audience You step into a lift. So does someone who needs something difficult from you.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/xr/ptr-vr-library/lift-vr) [XR · WORKPLACE Mind Shift: Glass Ceilings Gender bias in an ordinary meeting A meeting starts. Ideas get raised, dismissed, then repeated back by someone else to a warmer reception.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/xr/ptr-vr-library/mind-shift) [XR · WORKPLACE Mind Shift: Inclusive Perspectives Practise responding when views land badly An ordinary chat by the water cooler turns to who deserves a promotion, and why.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/xr/ptr-vr-library/mind-shift) [XR · WORKPLACE Speak To Me Normally Designed from lived experience Speak To Me Normally puts you inside the experience of social anxiety at work.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/xr/ptr-vr-library/speak-to-me-normally) [XR · WORKPLACE Finding Common Ground Based on a real incident A two part experience about discrimination in a customer facing workplace, and what a team is expected to do about it.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/xr/ptr-vr-library/finding-common-ground) [XR · WORKPLACE Everyday Inclusion Three part workplace experience Most inclusion training tells you what bias looks like. Everyday Inclusion lets you feel it.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/xr/ptr-vr-library/everyday-inclusion) ## AI products Conversational systems people can practise with, and digital twins that answer for an organisation. [AI Didymo AI digital twins Digital twins that can talk to clients, answer questions and connect to everyday workflows.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/ai/digital-twins) [AI AI Roleplay Practice Try the conversation before it matters Short AI roleplays for the workplace conversations that get harder when they are real.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/ai/ai-roleplay-practice) [AI Custom AI Experiences Built around your own knowledge Custom AI builds that combine digital twins, roleplay agents and workflow connections into one experience shaped around your organisation.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/ai/custom-ai-experiences) ## Fast Builds A working experience built in roughly two business days to eight working weeks. [FAST BUILDS Web Experiences Runs in a browser tab Rapid, browser based builds like the AR Business Card, live now on PTR Labs Demos, no app or headset required.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/fast-builds/web-experiences) [FAST BUILDS Mobile Experiences Designed around mobile use Builds shaped for touch and a smaller screen first, like Didymo AI running in a phone browser.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/fast-builds/mobile-experiences) [FAST BUILDS Interactive Experiences An experience people play Play mechanics like challenges, choices and feedback, built to make an experience more engaging than a static page.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/fast-builds/games-interactive) [FAST BUILDS Event Activations Built for people to use at a live event Bringing a build into a live moment, run as a facilitated session rather than a self serve installation.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/fast-builds/event-experiences-activations) [FAST BUILDS Custom Builds Purpose-built for one organisation The umbrella service behind Fast Builds: an experience shaped around one organisation and delivered in roughly two business days to eight working weeks.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/fast-builds/rapid-custom-builds) SHOWREEL ## See it in motion. Moments from PTR scenarios and practice partner work. Mater Education scenario Google DEI scenario Mayo Clinic scenario Central Coast Council scenario Etihad Airways scenario Hospital scenario EVIDENCE BEHIND THE WORK [Research and Evidence Overview: peer-reviewed studies on VR-based training](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/research-evidence) [VR DEI training at Google CHI EA '24, ACM CHI Conference, Honolulu, May 2024](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/research-evidence/vr-dei-training-google-chi-2024) [VR nursing leaders at Mayo Clinic The Journal of Nursing Administration, Vol. 54 No. 11, Nov 2024](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/research-evidence/vr-nursing-leaders-mayo-clinic) [Mater immersive learning pilot Program pilot report, Mater Education, 2023](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/research-evidence/mater-immersive-learning-pilot) See a result here that matches what your team needs? Open the contact form Ask our CEO Simon Lowe’s Digital Twin a question