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People Tech Revolution

Safe spaces for difficult situations.

Practice rooms for the conversations people dread, in a headset, a browser or a real room.

FEATURED WORK WITH
Scenes from the VR scenarios built for Google's DEI training in gentle motion, animated avatars practising a workplace conversation together Google VR inclusion training led by PTR co-founder Leonie Sanderson, built with Equal Reality, a subsidiary of People Tech Revolution, and Google’s employee volunteers, and evaluated in a paper at ACM CHI 2024 she co-authored. Explore the case study The Mater training's VR scenes in gentle motion, an animated nurse pausing at a table in a simulated hospital break room Mater Speaking with Good Judgement: VR communication practice delivered across Mater campuses, backed by Advance Queensland. Explore the case study A Day in the Lifetime's VR scenes in gentle motion, two animated nurses in a hospital break room, one seated at the table and one standing nearby Mayo Clinic A Day In a Lifetime was offered to 1,149 nurse and social-worker leaders, with peer-reviewed empathy and upstander gains. Explore the case study An Etihad cabin crew trainee has a mixed-reality headset fitted by a PTR facilitator, smiling, a bright cloudscape filling the space behind them Etihad Airways A two-day cabin crew inclusion pilot using the Everyday Inclusion and Mind Shift modules. Explore the case study A gliding first-person view through the disability-awareness experience's beachside cafe and service centre, hands reaching into the scene as if navigating it themselves Central Coast Council Community disability-awareness VR delivered across council services and events. Explore the case study Everyday Inclusion's VR scenes in gentle motion, three animated avatars in conversation on lounge chairs, a clock tower visible through the window behind them Cornell University Everyday Inclusion, the three-part VR experience on unconscious bias, co-designed with Cornell University. Explore the case study
Trusted by organisations around the world.
Google Mater Mayo Clinic Etihad Airways Central Coast Council Domain Group 89 Degrees East PwC IBM Intel HTC GSK NYC Department of Education NSW Police Force
Leonie Sanderson fits a mixed-reality headset onto a participant in a hijab, smiling as she prepares them for a VR experience, in an upscale lounge with other guests seated nearby
WHAT WE DO

Four things we do, in plain words.

An employee wearing a headset stands facing a simulated senior stakeholder seated at a boardroom table, leaning back.
Making the case to someone senior, in a headset.

Training programs

Your people rehearse the hard conversation before it counts, with a debrief and a second go.

Training programs
A worker wearing a headset stands at a workshop bench while soft blue outline guidance floats over the parts of an unbranded machine.
Guidance drawn over the real bench, in augmented reality.

XR

Virtual, augmented and mixed reality: a headset or a phone puts a scene in front of you, or over the room you are in.

What XR is
A person wearing a headset talks with a face that answers back, a difficult conversation brought into practice range.
A character that listens, and answers back.

AI

Characters that listen and answer back, twins of real experts, and roleplay in a browser.

What our AI does
A web build on two screens: what the customer sees, and the page behind it.
A working web build, in front of the people who will use it.

Fast Builds

A working version of your idea in days, in the hands of the people who will use it.

See fast builds
AI AND XR TOGETHER

The other person answers back.

A woman in a work shirt stands facing camera with arms folded, an AI-simulated colleague in a workplace roleplay.
An AI colleague, arms folded, waiting on what you say next.

A scene you stand in is practice. A character who reacts to what you say makes it real.

Together they turn a briefing into a rehearsal.

TRAINING PROGRAMS

The conversations where the response matters.

Pick the one your team finds hardest.

A nurse practises giving feedback in a ward scenario.
Practising feedback in a ward scenario.

Speaking up for safety. Raise the risk with someone senior, and practise hearing it too.

A frontline worker, hands open at waist height, faces an agitated person.
A worker faces an agitated person, hands open.

De-escalation. Rehearse the first few seconds at the counter, the bedside or the bus door.

A manager listens as an employee speaks carefully, hands together.
A manager listens as an employee speaks.

Difficult conversations. Feedback, complaints and bad news, practised with someone who answers back.

A performance and feedback scenario shaped by bias, from the Google training.
A feedback scenario from the Google training.

Bias and inclusion. Feel exclusion from the inside, then practise the words that change the room.

Run it under your brand, with your trainers or ours.

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Conversations in your field.

A bedside needs different practice from a classroom.

Choose your field
A man wearing a VR headset stands at a hospital bedside facing a floating panel of three choices, a patient in the bed beyond
Healthcare and medical
A nursing student wearing a headset sits facing a simulated patient, one hand open in a careful gesture, practising how to deliver difficult news.
Education practice
A care worker wearing a headset stands with a simulated resident in an armchair and a simulated family member, rehearsing a three-way conversation before it happens for real.
Aged care and disability
A sheriff's officer directs an older man inside. A VR training scenario for justice and community services.
Justice and community services

When the conversation is part of the job.

Explore workplace practice for feedback, service and the conversations people rehearse.

A woman in her thirties runs a pre-start toolbox talk wearing the headset, breath visible in the cold dawn light; two crew in hi-vis stand listening, one with arms folded.
Mining and resources
A manager wearing a headset sits facing a simulated team member across a small table, rehearsing a performance feedback conversation in a plain meeting room before having it for real.
Workplace and enterprise
A frontline officer wearing a headset stands behind a public service counter, facing a simulated member of the public who leans in, agitated, practising de-escalation.
Government services
A simulated rail maintenance yard at dawn, rolling stock and gravel ballast in cold, misty light. A woman wears the headset; a colleague stands beside her by the track.
Transport and logistics
Choose your sector
EVIDENCE

Measured, not promised.

p = .002

rise in empathic feeling and expression in the group that trained, relative to a control group. Mayo Clinic, peer reviewed.

82%

average agreement that the VR training was better than Google's standard DEI training, among the trainees who returned the optional survey.

96%

of participants wanted more of their training delivered in VR. Mater Education pilot report.

PLAN IT

What buyers ask first.

START FROM YOUR ROLE
Choose your role
XR

Behaviour changes through practice.

XR is virtual, augmented and mixed reality: a headset or a phone puts a scene in front of you, or over the room you are in.People Tech Revolution builds practice scenarios, products and demos with it.

Choose an XR topic
A man wearing a mixed-reality headset raises his hands, mirrored by a long-haired avatar, in a simulated hospital room
Explore XR →

The PTR VR Library.

Ready-to-run VR titles for the conversations workplaces find hardest: Equal Reality VR, Mindshift VR and LIFT VR. Your team stands in somebody else's position, then talks it through.

A participant in a headset practises while two colleagues watch.
A participant in a headset practises while two colleagues watch.

Explore the PTR VR Library

Connect with PTR for free access to the Library.

Choose a title
AI

Applied AI for sensitive conversations.

People are already taking their hardest questions to general-purpose AI. We build systems designed for that weight.

Explore AI →
A digital twin avatar, a woman in a striped blazer, appears on a mirror-style display ready to hold a conversation, a hospital corridor and patient room behind her
Didymo
Simon's Twin, live on this page. Simon Lowe, PTR's CEO, as a live digital twin.

Meet Simon Lowe, PTR's CEO, as a live digital twin.

Ask PTR’s CEO, Simon Lowe’s digital twin a question. Talk with the live avatar here, then explore Didymo for your own business.

Explore digital twins →Learn about Didymo →

DIDYMO DIGITAL TWINS

Four ways into a Didymo digital twin.

Simon's Twin runs on Didymo. Chat, call, meet the avatar or book time, on the phone or browser you already have.

A tester types a message into a phone beside a designer. An AI roleplay scenario for digital twins.

Chat

Type a question on your phone or in the browser. The twin answers in text, drawing only on material the organisation has approved.

Explore chat A man holds a phone to his ear in a dark studio, a ribbon of light running from a stack of message panels to the handset.

Voice

Speak instead of typing. A voice call with the twin, on the phone or in the browser, in the twin's own voice.

Explore voice A supervisor speaks to camera from a site office, a hard hat on the shelf behind her.

Avatar

A live face on your phone or laptop screen, for the conversations that need one.

Explore the avatar A booking panel with a calendar beside the chat. A first person AI roleplay scenario for digital twins.

Book

Book real time with the person the twin represents: a Google Meet appointment, made straight from the conversation.

Explore booking

Didymo. A twin that speaks for your business.

Simon's Twin above runs on Didymo: his voice and face, answering at any hour. Your twin does the same for your business, from the way your best people explain it.

Simon's Twin answering, on Didymo.
Simon's Twin answering, on Didymo.

Bring the questions your customers ask to a twin of your own, just as Simon has.

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FAST BUILDS

From an idea to something people can use.

Bring the problem and the people who will use it; we build a working version and put it in their hands early.
A person reclines in a hospital bed facing someone wearing a mixed-reality headset, city towers filling the window between them A man wearing a mixed-reality headset points toward an avatar in a white coat, in a simulated meeting room A woman in a red blouse lifts a black VR headset onto her face with her hands, against a plain grey backdrop
Explore Fast Builds →
OUR WORK

What we built, who used it and what changed.

Hospitals, workplaces, councils and universities bring us the conversation their people find hardest. We build the practice, and their teams rehearse it.

An older woman wearing a VR headset stands face to face with a nurse in Mater scrubs, both with their hands raised, in a simulated hospital room.
A Mater nurse, face to face in VR.

Speaking up at Mater. Mater’s feedback program, rebuilt in VR. Its own facilitators were trained to run it.

An office desk scenario in the Google DEI training, an overheard conversation involving tokenism.
A desk scene from the Google training.

Inclusion at Google. Leonie Sanderson led it, built with Equal Reality, a subsidiary of People Tech Revolution.

A cafe scenario for practising supported movement.
Trying a seaside cafe scene in a headset.

Central Coast Council. Everyday barriers felt from the inside, now built into teacher and staff training.

Two colleagues stand in a lunch area with a floating panel of responses between them, seen through the headset.
Two colleagues, and a choice of replies.

Cornell University. Co-designed with Cornell, Everyday Inclusion has since run with airlines and rail operators.

A new starter waits in the staff kitchen. A first person VR training scenario for workplace and enterprise, seen through the headset.
A new starter waits for your reply.

Choose the conversation. From induction to bedside bad news, practised in a headset or a browser.

A clinical scenario for practising conversation.
A nurse in scrubs tries a clinical scenario.

Proof for sign-off. Mayo Clinic tested the program People Tech Revolution built against a control group.

CLIENT VOICE · DOMAIN GROUP
“I don't think role plays will ever cut it again in this space.”
Nic Barry, Digital Learning & Organisational Capability, Domain Group
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From practising to speaking up.

In the Mayo Clinic evaluation, nursing leaders practised responding to bias in VR and reported greater empathy afterwards. Follow the research and evidence from headset to ward.

A nurse leader stands in a ward corridor facing a colleague, deciding whether to say something, embodying the study's bias scenario.
A nurse leader practises responding to bias.

Explore research and evidence →

A peer-reviewed Google study of VR inclusion training built with Equal Reality, a Mayo Clinic controlled trial and a Mater Education pilot evaluation. Take the documents into your sign-off meeting.

Download the evidence.

XR and AI explained.

Start with XR explained: what changes when a headset puts you inside a situation. Then see how AI and XR work together when that person answers back.

Explore Learn →

A facilitator explains the spectrum to two people standing where a plain gallery room gives way to a virtual landscape. A VR training scenario for what is extended reality.
XR explained
AI Digital Twin conversations
An adult sits facing a floating head-and-shoulders presence of a subject-matter expert digital twin, backed by soft abstract light, practising a one-to-one conversation.
AI and XR
A facilitator and participant discuss a completed staged exchange. A VR training scenario for immersive XR.
Talking a scenario through with a facilitator.

Tell us the conversation your team finds hardest.

We will show you how teams like yours rehearse it, what a pilot looks like, and the evidence your clinical, safety or HR owner will ask for.

Open the contact formBook a time with our team

Latest News from PTR

Follow the Google study from the headset to the discussion afterwards. Explore healthcare training and the Library launch to see how the work reaches people.

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Leonie Sanderson and Simon Lowe, co-founders of People Tech Revolution

Technology is the medium. People are the point.

Safe spaces for difficult situations.
“We create safe spaces for difficult conversations and situations.”
Simon Lowe, PTR's CEO
Psychological safety is designed in, not bolted on.
About People Tech Revolution →
LABS DEMOS

Try what we're building.

Explore working demonstrations of immersive training, XR, AI and interactive experiences for healthcare, education, government and enterprise.

Explore Labs Demos ↗
The PRACTICE lane on PTR Labs Demos: three of its roleplay characters shown one after another in cinematic office settings, a golden-hour boardroom, a customer lounge and a dusk meeting room
PRACTICE
The PLAY lane on PTR Labs Demos: a slow moving view through three environments from the 360 Immersive Experience, a museum hall, a hospital room and a modern waterfront, animated from the experience's real 360 scenes
PLAY
The CREATE lane on PTR Labs Demos: a chibi character modelled on PTR's co-founder runs toward the camera through Scope Creep Sprint's world, leaping an office chair and a jammed printer
CREATE
The CONNECT lane: a six-person video call grid bringing a distributed organisation together, among them a woman using a wheelchair and a man dialling in from a greenhouse
CONNECT
The CONSULT lane: Simon leads an adaptive AI consultation, talking a client through a tailored recommendation shown on a tablet between them
CONSULT
The COLLABORATE lane: Leonie leads a co-design workshop at a whiteboard, mapping ideas with sticky notes while the group gathers around her
COLLABORATE
AI STUDIO DEMOS

Build and manage AI for your organisation.

See applied AI in action. Explore demos of digital twins, adaptive AI consultation and collaborative AI tools.

Explore AI Studio Demos ↗
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
Keia Hobbs, MD
PTR demonstrated a profound understanding of the intricacies of human behaviour, crucial in crafting meaningful and impactful experiences. I wholeheartedly endorse PTR and their commitment to creating impactful experiences.
Keia Hobbs, MD
Assistant Dean of Graduate Medical Education, University of Illinois Chicago
Martine McCash
Over the past six months, XRHealth Australia has worked closely with People Tech Revolution to co-design innovative immersive applications... supporting workplace mental health and recovery in the transport industry. Simon and his team have been exceptional collaborators: creative, responsive and genuinely committed to human-centred design. Their ability to understand clinical and operational needs and translate complex ideas into safe, realistic VR environments has made the partnership both productive and enjoyable. Together, we are developing practical, evidence-informed tools that build confidence, resilience and coping strategies through structured, real-world scenarios. I highly recommend People Tech Revolution as a trusted technology partner.
Martine McCash
Vice President - Services, XRHealth Australia
Sally Wagnon
From the initial concept discussions to the final execution, PTR demonstrated a commitment to guiding us through what was completely new territory. Their approach was structured and transparent and they always let us know what was achievable given the timeframe and budget.
Sally Wagnon
Senior Campaign Manager, 89 Degrees East
Nic Barry
I don't think role plays will ever cut it again in this space. Participants are able to empathise and discuss the experiences... with detail that just wouldn't be possible without actually experiencing it themselves.
Nic Barry
Digital Learning & Organisational Capability, Domain Group
Rhonda Brighton-Hall
They jump back, step away, they gasp, they try to find their voice, they ask to be included and when dismissed, they physically shrink. And when they can't do any of those things, the learning sticks and the real conversations begin.
Rhonda Brighton-Hall
CEO, MWAH - Making Work Human Again
Sean Hunter
Working with the PTR team has been great and I look forward to continuing the relationship and developing more VR training.
Sean Hunter
Director of Systems Transformation, Mater and Mater Education
Christine Mudavanhu
We work together with People Tech Revolution to codesign experiences and we are both committed to creating psychologically safe environments and workspaces.
Christine Mudavanhu
Founder and Principal Consultant, Utano Global
SWGJ Program Lead
VR will be a game changer, helping us create ongoing opportunities for deliberate and safe practice following the live workshop experience.
SWGJ Program Lead
Speaking with Good Judgement Program Lead, Mater Education
Built with organisations around the world.
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