We learned about the work of the Center for Studies in Human Neuroscience and Neuropsychology at Universidad Diego Portales and talked about what brain science can bring to virtual reality training.
A few days ago we visited the Center for Studies in Human Neuroscience and Neuropsychology at Universidad Diego Portales. There we got a close look at the work of Francisco Parada, the center's director and a researcher, and had a conversation that gave us a lot to think about.
Understanding the learner
At Yoy we develop virtual reality simulators to train people for tasks that, in real life, involve risk, cost or equipment that is hard to get hold of for practice. A good simulator is not just about faithfully reproducing a machine or an environment. It also has to take into account how people perceive what they see, where they focus their attention and how they turn that experience into learning.
That is where neuroscience has a lot to say. We talked with Francisco about the points where mind and technology meet and strengthen each other. Understanding those processes better helps us design more effective training experiences and raises questions we had not asked ourselves before.
A collaboration that keeps moving forward
This visit is part of the collaboration agreement between Yoy and Universidad Diego Portales. For us, this kind of link with academia is valuable because it brings together two worlds that need each other: research on how people work and the development of tools used every day for training.
We left the conversation with new ideas and keen to explore ways of working together.
Acknowledgments
We thank Francisco Parada for welcoming us and sharing his work, Francisco Rodríguez, Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship Manager, for the invitation, and Pablo Eduardo Romero Novoa, UDP's Director of Innovation, for being part of this partnership.
We will keep sharing how this collaboration progresses.
