Innovae, as a leading company in the development of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality solutions for the industry, has been accompanying Asepeyo, the mutual insurance company, since 2017 on their journey towards improving work environments through awareness.
So far, over a dozen projects focused on occupational risk prevention have been developed, allowing individuals to experience extreme work situations safely without losing the realistic impact of danger.
One of these projects involves an immersive experience for the prevention of workplace accidents in tasks performed at heights. The virtual simulation puts the user in a real risk situation where they must repair equipment located on a rooftop, while taking preventive measures to ensure their well-being during the repair process.
Another project undertaken addresses the psychosocial risks that can arise in the work environment. The experience puts the user in the shoes of a chef in a disorganized and high-pressure environment, and then in a healthy and organized environment. The contrast serves as a lesson to raise awareness about the need to manage work organization, as stressful situations can impact both work and health.
Another project allows the user to experience a range of risk situations in construction work. The virtual simulation serves, in this case, to raise awareness about the wide variety of processes that occur on a construction site and to help understand the risks associated with each of them.
Due to some of the Virtual Reality projects developed in collaboration with Innovae, Asepeyo has received several awards. For example, the virtual experience for raising awareness about psychosocial risks earned Asepeyo the first prize for ‘Good Practices in Occupational Risk Prevention in Communication and Participation’ in the 3rd Edition of the Awards and Mentions in Occupational Risk Prevention by the Community of Madrid. Additionally, thanks to the virtual reality experience for promoting occupational risk prevention in work at heights, Asepeyo was awarded the prize for ‘Outstanding Organization, Entity, or Institution in Occupational Risk Prevention’ in the 5th Edition of the National Awards for Safety and Occupational Health by the Revista Formación de Seguridad Laboral (Occupational Safety Training Magazine).
Javier Galindo, consultant of the Prevention Department at Asepeyo: “For Asepeyo, introducing virtual reality in the field of occupational risk prevention has allowed us to delve deeper into our work of raising awareness and promoting good practices. We have transitioned from simply explaining the consequences of workplace accidents to enabling users to experience them firsthand in a safe manner.”
Thanks to virtual reality technology, occupational health and safety managers, as well as company executives, can become more directly and experientially aware.
Ultimately, immersion facilitates working on empathy and mutual understanding while experiencing something fun and exciting. In fact, for the projects developed for Asepeyo, a key element for Innovae to enhance user awareness is gamification, which adds a motivating aspect.
The combination of benefits offered by Virtual Reality makes Innovae’s projects for Asepeyo optimal simulations for their campaigns. By aiming to raise awareness, they achieve a significant impact on users due to the high level of immersion involved.