Instituto de Investigación e Innovación en Bioingeniería (I3B), Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 València, Spain.
Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Management (INGENIO) (CSIC-UPV), Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 València, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Apr 10;17(7):2592. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072592.
In this work, the effects of using immersive media such as virtual reality on the performance of training programs to avoid ergonomics risks are analyzed. The advance of technology has made it possible to use low-cost portable devices able to generate highly immersive experiences in training programs. The effects of using this kind of device in training programs have been studied in several fields such as industrial security, medicine and surgery, rehabilitation, or construction. However, there is very little research on the effects of using immersive media in training workers to avoid ergonomics risk factors. In this study, we compare the effects of using traditional and immersive media in a training program to avoid three common ergonomics risk factors in industrial environments. Our results showed that using immersive media increases the participant's engagement during the training. In the same way, the learning contents are perceived as more interesting and useful and are better remembered over time, leading to an increased perception of the ergonomics risks among workers. However, we found that little training was finally transferred to the workplace three months after the training session.
在这项工作中，分析了使用沉浸式媒体（如虚拟现实）对避免人体工程学风险的培训计划的效果。技术的进步使得使用低成本的便携式设备成为可能，这些设备能够在培训计划中产生高度沉浸式的体验。在工业安全、医学和外科手术、康复或建筑等多个领域已经研究了这种设备在培训计划中的效果。然而，在使用沉浸式媒体培训工人以避免人体工程学风险因素方面的研究非常少。在这项研究中，我们比较了在培训计划中使用传统媒体和沉浸式媒体对三种常见工业环境中人体工程学风险因素的效果。我们的结果表明，使用沉浸式媒体可以提高参与者在培训期间的参与度。同样，学习内容被认为更有趣和有用，并且随着时间的推移更好地被记住，从而提高工人对人体工程学风险的认知。然而，我们发现，培训内容在培训结束三个月后很少被转移到工作场所。
