{"id":7620,"date":"2019-05-05T00:24:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T20:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autoscommunity.com\/?p=7620"},"modified":"2020-03-09T11:48:31","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T07:48:31","slug":"audi-middle-east-pioneers-virtual-reality-training-for-their-dealer-network-in-readiness-for-the-arrival-of-e-tron-in-the-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autoscommunity.com\/2019\/05\/05\/audi-middle-east-pioneers-virtual-reality-training-for-their-dealer-network-in-readiness-for-the-arrival-of-e-tron-in-the-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Audi Middle East Pioneers Virtual Reality Training for Their Dealer Network in Readiness for the Arrival of E-Tron in the Region"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With the launch of the first all-electric series model from the Four Rings, new challenges are also facing Audi Middle Easts\u2019 sales and service organisation. \u201cWe want to provide our service partners with the best possible support during the transformation towards electric mobility, while digitally aligning our training offering,\u201d says Carsten Bender, Managing Director, Audi Middle East. \u201cThis is why Audi has been working intensively on innovative training concepts for the required qualification profiles. The targeted use of virtual reality is an important building block in this process.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Audi service technicians can now practice on the heart of the new e-tron<\/a>: the high-voltage battery in a virtual space. In these process training courses, they learn step by step how to open the cell, change a switch box or change a battery module. The advantages of virtual-reality training are that thanks to digital technology, Audi Middle East can roll out the training courses efficiently, quickly and at a high level for the region. The technicians are therefore optimally prepared for the new model even before its market launch. Also, our employees and dealer staff can get to know the new, highly sensitive technology in virtual space without any risk, and can determine the training speed themselves. At the same time, playful elements increase learners\u2019 motivation.<\/p>\n

The VR training for service technology is based on a modular solution that utilises synergies with other parts of the company. Standard interactions such as gripping components are already pre-programmed, and existing design data such as for the battery can be imported into existing environment templates. This reduces production and development costs and makes the use of virtual reality in series production affordable.<\/p>\n

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A multi-user approach is also possible with this new form of VR training. Teachers and students can meet together in a virtual space \u2013 even if they are physically in entirely different locations.<\/p>\n

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