EYESIM: The Future of Training is Virtual Reality

Computer-based training systems are playing an increasingly important role in process industries, and particularly in training people for upstream oil and gas roles.

Earlier this year, Rigzone reported how Royal Dutch Shell plc was responding to how it trains staff for well operation activities at the firm's Rijswijk technology center in the Netherlands. Shell, mindful of the huge cost and damage to the reputation of rival oil firm BP due to the Macondo disaster, uses real-time training methods that employ aspects of virtual reality (VR).

Now, thanks to engineering firm Invensys' EYESIM technology, it looks likely that the trend for using VR to train oil and gas workers is set to increase.