Who uses Virtual Environments?
• Games • Medicine • Science • Health • Engineering • Built Environment • Art • Emergency services Visualisation is now used in all major industrial sectors with immersive Virtual Environments demonstrating improvements in productivity of between 50 and 70%. As many companies are now investing heavily in this technology, a significant skills shortage heightens the risk of this investment. The move to the global information technology is pushing the need for greater collaboration between both organisations and individuals. Collaborative VE technology is pushing back the boundaries of telecommunications to reduce the dependency on face-to-face meetings.