Road safety practitioners attending ICE Live later this year will learn how to develop and evaluate evidence-based virtual reality (VR) interventions.
This is courtesy of a presentation from Liz Box, research director at the RAC Foundation, which is among the most recent to be added to the agenda.
The use of VR as a means of engaging participants in educational initiatives is growing.
Liz says to make the best use of this immersive technology, it is vital that interventions are designed with reference to the latest behavioural science and are robustly evaluated.
Her presentation will outline what steps should be taken to design an evidence-based intervention as well as the types of evaluation designs and questions VR providers could consider using to assess the effectiveness of their programmes.
Also confirmed to speak at the event is Dominic Champion from SystemActive, a leading supplier of virtual and mixed reality hardware.
Dominic’s presentation will look at what immersive technology hardware is and the role it plays in delivering immersive education or training.
It will also look at how headset technology is likely to evolve, so practitioners can futureproof their investment in this technology.
Register now for ICE Live
ICE Live is the UK’s first conference focused on road and community safety virtual reality education.
Organised by FirstCar and the ICE Hub, the aim of the event is to increase awareness of this rapidly developing technology, improve understanding of its application in an educational setting and help attendees develop robust delivery plans to include the use of VR.
It takes place on Wednesday 19 October 2022, hosted by West Midlands Police at their Tally Ho Conference & Banqueting Centre, Edgbaston.
It is being supported by Road Safety GB.
Delegate registration is open, with a discounted rate available for Road Safety GB members.
Please note that bookings will be secured on a first-come-first-served basis and there is a maximum capacity of just 250 for the event.
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