Picture this: you work in a warehouse and need to bring a part to the other side of the building. The floor of the warehouse is marked with pedestrian pathways for safety, but you see a shortcut and decide to take it - without looking both ways.

Suddenly, the perspective flips and through a headset you see the image of your virtual avatar struck by a passing forklift. Thankfully, nobody is actually hurt. This was all a virtual reality simulation for workplace pedestrian safety training.

"Having that immediate visual representation of what negative can happen if you don't follow these rules … is definitely making an impact when it comes to people reducing injuries on the job," said Annie Eaton, CEO of Futurus , the VR production company that made this simulation.

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