CINEON is excited announce the launch of a new radiation protection training tool, which will be the team’s first virtual reality simulation designed for the Oculus Quest. This fully immersive VR tool had been designed for use in industries that requires radiation safety training such as power stations, hospitals, universities and schools. Users can experiment with dosimeters to detect radiation … Read More
Intern Gabby joins the Cineon team
CINEON has welcomed its first intern on the team this month. Gabriella Conlon joins us from the University of Exeter where she has been studying Psychology. She will be working with the team for the next month where she will help design and create a virtual reality (VR) training centre, which will be launched soon. The free virtual training centre … Read More
Cineon to host VR safety training seminar
CINEON Training will be hosting a free seminar later this month. Entitled Performance Psychology and Simulation in Safety Training, the talk with explore the latest human factors research and science and its application in virtual reality (VR) training. Lead by the team at Cineon, attendees will get the opportunity to try out some of the Virtual Reality simulations that have … Read More
Using VR to reduce anxiety in hospital patients
CINEON Training is working with University of Exeter psychologists and University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust to develop an innovative new tool to help agoraphobic patients. It is estimated that as many as 70,000 MRI scanning appointments per year are missed due to anxiety or claustrophobia. A new virtual reality exposure treatment tool will help to reduce stress and anxiety in … Read More
Improving operator training at Sellafield
FOLLOWING a successful bid, Cineon Training has been awarded a contract to help improve operator training at Sellafield nuclear site. Cineon will be working with the University of Exeter and Innovate UK to improve operator training in relation to air fed suits, fully contained hazard suits which are used in radiation areas where there is a high risk of contamination. … Read More
Working to reduce explosions and fatalities at European oil refineries
CINEON Training has been commissioned by a leader in European oil refinery safety to create a virtual reality training programme to help reduce the number of accidents at its refineries. The Cineon team were invited by Concawe to speak in Brussels about the work they do in the field of simulation training and performance psychology and were able to demonstrate … Read More