Huawei VR Training by JetStyle | Immersive Learning for 5G Installers

Huawei VR Simulators

Advantages of VR for Corporate
Training and Education

At JetStyle, we have been developing VR-solutions since 2013. Our portfolio includes various projects, such as virtual tours to monuments and cities, VR games, marketing activities and corporate training simulators. Let’s look at the latter: in 2019, we created a VR app for Huawei, a leading global telecom company.

Technician in a Huawei lab coat working on network equipment in a data center rack.

Challenge

Huawei wanted to facilitate training of their 4G and 5G network installers. Generally, if a company needs to train employees, it has to shut down the station, which leads to huge profit losses. So, onsite training is always costly — and often unavailable.

Luckily, VR provides opportunities for making the process less risky and more efficient. JetStyle helped Huawei move to a new level of corporate training. During the production period, we faced a pretty tough deadline: the client wanted to show the technology at an annual industry conference that was taking place in 2.5 months.

Process

We decomposed the task of creating a VR-tool for corporate training in the following way:

Learning scenarios development

We studied the process of network installation in the smallest details. We used sketches, schemes and references provided by Huawei.

Modeling

Next, we created virtual copies of the tools and uniforms, so that all of them looked real in a virtual world.

We did 3D modeling in Blender. We recreated:

Yellow construction hard hat next to an orange safety vest with yellow reflective stripes.

Gear

Flat lay of a gray clipboard with a pen on top, a purple smartphone, a utility knife, and a red and black cordless drill on a light blue background.

Tools

3D rendering of modular electronic or mechanical components, including stacked units with heat sinks and cylindrical housings.

Equipment

Locations

Processing of cables in 3D was something special. Students use dozens of them during the installation process. We needed to make the virtual cables move in a natural way. Cables bend and hang under their own weight, while the algorithm is supposed to process the changes of their position in real time. It is too much workload for any computer.

How did we deal with the challenge? Along with modeling we programmed a part of the training scenario, and tested them together. We used primitive geometric objects (cubes, cylinders, cones, etc) as models. It helped us understand which of the cables needed to be processed and which could remain static.

Person wearing a black glove holding a computer server card inside a network equipment rack with connected cables.

Location production

We chose two locations for the practice: a rooftop and an antenna mast. The locations were recreated using 360° photos: for the roof position, we used a drone to shoot a view from the building opposite the skyscraper you see in the reels and screenshots. For the pole position, we chose a place in the city; we took several pictures at different heights and put them together.

Gloved hand holding a telecommunications device on a rooftop with multiple antenna towers emitting digital signals.

Construction site with stacked electrical equipment on wooden pallets and a red crane truck in the background.

App programming (Unity)

We developed a simple intuitive application that would help employees understand and remember a sequence of actions. All actions are predetermined, each new step is highlighted.

VR simulators are available in two versions:

for training classes — on HTC Vive, connected to a computer

for home training and presentations, adapted for Meta Quest 2. Perfect for remote work

There are different modes: training & learning, knowledge check, multiplayer mode to practice with an instructor or a partner.

Huawei is constantly improving their employees’ qualifications, and with VR simulators, they have taken a big step forward in training personnel. See how it functions.

Result

Huawei is constantly improving their employees’ qualifications, and with VR simulators, they have taken a big step forward in training personnel. See how it functions:

Apart from providing a safe and fun place for corporate training, the simulators also worked as a spectacular PR action — lots of people wanted to try them at the industry exhibition:

Abstract red petal shapes forming a partial floral or wing-like design on a white background.

Andrei Driga

Huawei manager

Dear colleagues, thank you so much for your work. The Summit attendees were delighted; our VR stand was among the most visited ones. We didn’t even have time to change the batteries — everyone wanted to try their hand at installation.

Next time we’ll show how VR can improve training processes for warehouse workers at Huawei. Get in touch if you want to talk about creating your own VR simulator.

Alexander,

Project Manager,

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