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OUR WORK

Built for real people. Used in real situations.

Immersive and AI training built for the moments that decide how work actually goes.

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Client evaluations and published research behind our work. Download the PDFs to share with your team, or request the full Mayo Clinic case study.

Every sector we build for.

The same method travels across very different rooms, from a hospital ward to a control room to a depot.

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"I lead a team of passionate changemakers dedicated to creating immersive virtual reality experiences that foster better understanding and improved workplace culture. Our PTR VR experiences aim to reduce discrimination and bias while enhancing empathy and inclusion."

Leonie Sanderson, PTR's co-founder, seated at a table with her phone in hand.Leonie Sanderson
Co-founder, People Tech Revolution; finalist, Women in Technology Lifting Communities Award 2024. WiT 2024 award finalists (archived)

Education

Universities, TAFEs, schools and training providers. Nursing and allied health, trades, teacher education and work readiness.

Education. A ward round, seen from inside the simulation: a patient reclines in bed beside a floating prompt panel, city towers visible through the window.
A student nurse takes a simulated ward round.
Education. A trade workshop, practised before the real bench: an apprentice lifts a headset in a welding bay while an instructor watches, arms folded.
Practising a trade assessment before the real bench.
Education. A veterinary consult, rehearsed in the headset: a student handles instruments at the table while an experienced vet observes, gum trees outside the window.
A veterinary student practises while a vet observes.
Education. A school staff workshop, seen from inside the simulation: a facilitator addresses rows of empty chairs, a prompt panel floating in the foreground.
The staff workshop, from the second row.

Health and allied health

Clinical teams practising the conversations that are hard to rehearse any other way, in rooms that look like their own.

Health and allied health. A community health visit: a worker wearing a headset sits with an older man on a shaded veranda, rehearsing the conversation before the real visit.
A worker conducts a shaded-veranda community health visit.
Health and allied health. A paediatric conversation: a worker in a headset kneels to talk with a young patient while her mother looks on, colourful wall art behind them.
A clinician speaks to a child and mother.
Health and allied health. A rehabilitation session: a man with a prosthetic leg walks the parallel bars wearing a headset, a physiotherapist guiding him.
A physiotherapist guides a patient along parallel bars.
Health and allied health. A corridor handover, seen from inside the simulation: two nurses pause between rooms, one holding a clipboard beside a floating prompt panel.
Handover in the corridor, where it usually happens.

Government and defence

Frontline public sector staff: counter services, home visits, tribunals and briefings.

Government and defence. A tribunal hearing: in a wood-panelled room, a headset-wearing panel member at the bench listens as a man at the table speaks.
Giving evidence, practised before the day it counts.
Government and defence. A public counter, seen from inside the simulation: a headset-wearing officer gestures across the glass counter, a prompt panel floating beside him.
The public counter, seen from inside the simulation.
Government and defence. A defence briefing room: a headset-wearing officer faces a colleague mid-gesture, a narrow window framing the city skyline behind them.
Briefing a room that will push back.
Government and defence. A council depot at dawn, seen from inside the simulation: two workers stand among depot trucks and sheds, a prompt panel floating between them.
Two workers stand among depot trucks and sheds.

Mining and resources

FIFO and site-based crews. Control rooms, pit and plant, and the conversations that happen back at camp.

Mining and resources. A pit at dusk: two workers in hi-vis and hard hats look out over an open-cut mine, one wearing a headset.
Stopping work when stopping work is unpopular.
Mining and resources. A plant control room, from the operator's seat: a headset-wearing operator faces a prompt panel, floodlit plant pipework beyond the window.
The operator's seat overlooks a plant control room.
Mining and resources. A FIFO camp at dawn: a worker wearing a headset walks the donga walkway between rows of site accommodation.
A worker walks the FIFO camp walkway.
A trainer figure guiding a worker through a site procedure: a translucent AI trainer twin gestures while explaining, the worker listening in the headset.
A translucent trainer twin explaining a procedure.

Enterprise and workplace

Any organisation where the difficult moment is a conversation: feedback, escalation, and the things people avoid saying.

Enterprise and workplace. A contact centre floor: a worker wearing a headset gestures at her desk among rows of cubicles, the city skyline beyond.
The call that escalates, practised before it does.
Enterprise and workplace. An open-plan workplace: a headset-wearing employee gestures mid-conversation with a seated colleague in a sunlit industrial loft office.
Raising something awkward with a colleague you like.
Enterprise and workplace. Feedback on a warehouse floor: a headset-wearing supervisor gives feedback to a colleague, warehouse racking visible through the window behind them.
Feedback on the floor, where everyone can hear.
Enterprise and workplace. A leader briefing staff on a restructure: a headset-wearing leader addresses colleagues gathered in an office meeting space.
A leader briefing staff on a restructure.

Transport and logistics

Drivers and depot crews. A smaller part of the delivered work so far, built around incident and wellbeing conversations.

Airline and airport crews practise the passenger moments that escalate: airline and airport frontline teams.

Transport and logistics. A driver's cab, from inside the simulation: rain streaks the windscreen as traffic queues ahead, a prompt panel floating on the dash.
The cab, seen from the driver's seat.
Transport and logistics. A rail yard: two workers in hi-vis vests stand among freight wagons at dawn, one wearing a headset.
A yard handover where being clear matters most.
Transport and logistics. A depot check-in: a driver sits with his mug at the table while a colleague in a headset listens across from him.
A colleague checks in across the table.
A driver's point of view inside a truck cab, hands on the wheel, on a rural highway.
Hands hold the wheel on a rural highway.

Justice and community services

Youth justice, mentoring and community services. Built on one deep program rather than a broad portfolio.

Justice and community services. A sheriff's officer directs an older man inside. A VR training scenario for justice and community services.
A sheriff's officer at the courthouse door.
Justice and community services. A street scene, from inside the simulation: two young men in headsets face each other under a streetlight, a prompt panel floating between them.
A street encounter, seen from inside the simulation.
Justice and community services. A women's service: three women sit in armchairs in a softly lit room, one raising a headset as rain streaks the windows.
A first conversation at a women's service.
A mentor and a young person in a community setting.
A mentor and a young person talking.

Aged care and disability

Support workers and clinicians practising the conversations that carry the most dignity.

Disability support teams practise the conversations that keep people safe and respected: NDIS support workers and US direct support teams.

Aged care and disability. An unhurried conversation, practised without the clock.
A resident and carer talk in aged care.
Aged care and disability. A support worker at a young man's eye level: she wears a headset, sitting low beside him in a dim, calm room.
A support worker sitting at eye level.
Aged care and disability. In a front room, a carer with an overnight bag hands over to a worker wearing a headset, an older man watching from his armchair.
A carer gives a front room handover.
Aged care and disability. A client's front room, seen from inside the simulation: an older woman sits in her armchair beside her walker, a prompt panel floating nearby.
A client sits beside her walker at home.

Client work

Programs built with and for organisations, in the rooms their people actually work in.

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XR · HEALTHCARE
Mater Education
Speaking with good judgement
A safe simulated space for healthcare staff to practise communication under pressure.
XR · WORKPLACE
Google
VR DEI training
A four scenario VR DEI training PTR co-designed with Google employee volunteers, published as a peer-reviewed paper at CHI 2024.
XR · HEALTHCARE
Mayo Clinic
A Day In a Lifetime
A peer-reviewed VR series People Tech Revolution built for Mayo Clinic nurse leaders, with measured gains in empathy and upstander behaviour.
XR · WORKPLACE
Etihad Airways
Confronting bias in cabin crew culture
A two day VR pilot for multicultural cabin crew, pairing Everyday Inclusion and Mind Shift with a facilitated Yarning Circle.
XR · GOVERNMENT · EDUCATION
Central Coast Council
Raising awareness of disability
A first person VR experience delivered more than 200 times across community events, council and teacher training.
XR · WORKPLACE
Metro Trains
Gender equity in operational roles
VR pilot workshops testing whether immersive learning could surface the bias behind low female representation in operational roles.
XR · EDUCATION
Cook It
Reimagining food education
A gamified VR cooking simulation built with FoodStream Network to make nutrition education hands-on in NYC schools.
XR · EDUCATION
Everyday Inclusion at Cornell
Built with Cornell University
A three part VR experience co-designed with Cornell University, teaching bias through first hand experience since 2018.

The PTR VR Library

Ready-to-run immersive modules, built once and used across many organisations.

XR
PTR VR Library
Built and ready to explore
A growing collection of immersive VR experiences designed for leadership, learning and social impact.
XR · WORKPLACE
Lift VR
Leadership practice, no audience
You step into a lift. So does someone who needs something difficult from you.
XR · WORKPLACE
Mind Shift: Glass Ceilings
Gender bias in an ordinary meeting
A meeting starts. Ideas get raised, dismissed, then repeated back by someone else to a warmer reception.
XR · WORKPLACE
Mind Shift: Inclusive Perspectives
Practise responding when views land badly
An ordinary chat by the water cooler turns to who deserves a promotion, and why.
XR · WORKPLACE
Speak To Me Normally
Designed from lived experience
Speak To Me Normally puts you inside the experience of social anxiety at work.
XR · WORKPLACE
Finding Common Ground
Based on a real incident
A two part experience about discrimination in a customer facing workplace, and what a team is expected to do about it.
XR · WORKPLACE
Everyday Inclusion
Three part workplace experience
Most inclusion training tells you what bias looks like. Everyday Inclusion lets you feel it.

AI products

Conversational systems people can practise with, and digital twins that answer for an organisation.

AI
Didymo
AI digital twins
Digital twins that can talk to clients, answer questions and connect to everyday workflows.
AI
AI Roleplay Practice
Try the conversation before it matters
Short AI roleplays for the workplace conversations that get harder when they are real.
AI
Custom AI Experiences
Built around your own knowledge
Custom AI builds that combine digital twins, roleplay agents and workflow connections into one experience shaped around your organisation.

Fast Builds

A working experience built in roughly two business days to eight working weeks.

FAST BUILDS
Web Experiences
Runs in a browser tab
Rapid, browser based builds like the AR Business Card, live now on PTR Labs Demos, no app or headset required.
FAST BUILDS
Mobile Experiences
Designed around mobile use
Builds shaped for touch and a smaller screen first, like Didymo AI running in a phone browser.
FAST BUILDS
Interactive Experiences
An experience people play
Play mechanics like challenges, choices and feedback, built to make an experience more engaging than a static page.
FAST BUILDS
Event Activations
Built for people to use at a live event
Bringing a build into a live moment, run as a facilitated session rather than a self serve installation.
FAST BUILDS
Custom Builds
Purpose-built for one organisation
The umbrella service behind Fast Builds: an experience shaped around one organisation and delivered in roughly two business days to eight working weeks.
SHOWREEL

See it in motion.

Moments from PTR scenarios and practice partner work.

Mater Education scenario
Google DEI scenario
Mayo Clinic scenario
Central Coast Council scenario
Etihad Airways scenario
Hospital scenario
EVIDENCE BEHIND THE WORK
Research and Evidence
Overview: peer-reviewed studies on VR-based training
VR DEI training at Google
CHI EA '24, ACM CHI Conference, Honolulu, May 2024
VR nursing leaders at Mayo Clinic
The Journal of Nursing Administration, Vol. 54 No. 11, Nov 2024
Mater immersive learning pilot
Program pilot report, Mater Education, 2023

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LABS DEMOS

Try what we're building.

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

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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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