How VR Technology can be used by Businesses Across Industries.
                     How VR Technology can 
be used by Businesses 
Across Industries
Introduction
• Recently, Virtual Reality hit the 
mainstream with the arrival of affordable 
headsets which are consumer friendly. 
• Businesses are already taking a keen 
interest in the opportunities created by 
this incredible technology.
• In the coming slides, we will discuss how 
VR Technology can bring success to the 
industries.
Source: Pixabay
1. Online Shopping & Retail
• Personalized shopping experiences are 
provided through the creation of virtual 
stores such as IKEA Reality Kitchen 
Experience where customers can explore 
the store with their VR headset and 
examine various products before 
completing the purchase without leaving 
their homes. 
Source: Pixabay
2. Manufacturing
• 3D modeling tools and techniques are integrated with 
virtual reality engineering applications in order to 
provide a comprehensive understanding of projects and 
to check for design errors or areas to be modified 
before any expensive production steps are started.
Source: Pixabay
3. Hospitality and Tourism
• Virtual Tours is an exciting feature of 
augmented reality technologies for known 
real-life locations. 
• Virtual museums are also a great tourism 
promotion choice. 
• Hotels and resorts should also take 
advantage of the advantages of virtual reality 
by providing a virtual view of how customers 
are treated to attract future clients
Source: Pixabay
4. Practical Training
• Periodic training programs are conducted 
to enhance each employee's skills for 
their assigned jobs. 
• New employees who will require 
guidance and training for their jobs 
which will consume huge amounts of 
financial and human resources from any 
organization in addition to the risk of 
human and physical losses in risky jobs. 
Source: Pixabay
5. Communication
• Teams can attend meetings with the help 
of virtual reality to effectively 
communicate and collaborate in a virtual 
environment, with the need for the 
physical effort of commuting and away 
from any distractions.
Source: Pixabay
6. Interior Design
• With the use of VR and AR personalized technology, 
interior design is enhanced to meet consumer needs, 
as customers will experience a virtual walk-through the 
various interior designs. 
• Architects are now empowered to present their ideas 
and design to their client using VR customized 
applications.
 
• Virtual reality applications will benefit residential 
buildings, commercial buildings , bridges and any type 
of construction projects as projects will be visualized in 
a virtual environment to examine every aspect of the 
project.
Source: Pixabay
7. Health Care
• Healthcare is another field that has benefited 
from VR applications as medical staff will be 
trained in a virtual customized world by doctors , 
surgeons, and nurses for their daily life-
threatening tasks and situations. 
• Virtual reality also allows the treatment of 
psychological disorders such as post-traumatic 
stress disorder (PTSD) and phobias.
Source: Pixabay
8. Marketing and Ads
• 360 degree VR promotional videos are an 
interactive technique for encouraging 
customers to purchase their business 
products and services by providing a virtual 
experience on how these products can add 
value to their lives and meet current and 
future personal and business needs. 
Source: Medium.com
9. Education
• If students learn about history, astronomy, 
engineering , physics, or any other fields, they can 
create a virtual world to explore what they study 
in detail with icons, colors, artifacts, and 
characters generated in the virtual learning 
environment to achieve the highest level of 
understanding possible.
Source: Pixabay
10. Sports and Entertainment
• VR applications started as entertainment in 
games but then expanded to many fields but 
still evolving in entertainment solutions, 
including theatres, theme parks, sports and 
musical events. 
• The performance of athletes is enhanced with a 
virtual reality application, which stimulates 
training sessions with custom situations to 
increase the desired skills.
Source: Pixabay