Serious Labs Talks VR, Training, and Jobsite Readiness

Serious Labs explains how they increase learning engagement using VR technologies, their latest partnership with IPAF, and how COVID has affected training.

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Alexis Sheprak
Feb 16, 2021
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In this episode, Rental Editor sits down with Serious Labs' President and CEO Jim Colvin, and Wade Carson, senior product director, to talk about how Serious Labs aims to increase learning engagement using VR technologies, their latest partnership with IPAF, and how COVID has affected training. 

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