XR training and the future of industrial work

Attempts to meld virtual spaces and physical reality so far have
struggled to take hold. For all the ingenuity behind projects
like Google Glass, the metaverse, and the Apple Vision Pro,
they’ve often felt like technologies in search of a purpose.
Professor Nick Kelling, an engineer turned researcher, may have
found one. Rebecca and Joe spoke to him about the limitations and
possibilities of extended reality in the industrial sector. 


About our guest


Nick Kelling is a Professor of Human Factors Psychology at the
University of Houston-Clear Lake.  His research focuses on
the use of VR/XR/AR technologies for training psychomotor skills
and the use of technology in environments where education and
entertainment goals coexist. In his nearly two decades of
research, he has collaborated with college athletics, computing
and aerospace companies, amusement parks, zoos, and NASA. Nick is
an author of more than 30 published works within education, human
factors, and engineering receiving multiple grants from the US
National Institute of Health and NASA.


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