News

ASML is happy with VROOM

As published on LinkedIn, ASML is happy with the way they've been using VR. It helps them with their training tasks in an easy and meaningful way. For years VROOM has been a very stable element in their VR projects and... Read more

Stedin uses VROOM for training

To train their employees to correctly perform high-voltage switching, Stedin is using the VROOM platform to train on both VR (Powerwall and HMD) and in 2D mode. Co-op mode enabled others to join in and to work together to... Read more


xAPI/SCORM mode added

Whenever you've created a training using the VROOM toolkit, you can publish it now as xAPI/SCORM package to use in your own LMS. This way you can track user progress. Users can even continue where they left off. This works... Read more

GTC 2016 Europe – Amsterdam

The GTC is the place to be when you work with high-end GPU's, which we do. Together with WorldViz we were present at the Lenovo booth. Lenovo does not only notebooks, but also high-end workstations and server/rack solutions.... Read more


Virtual Revolution 2016

Like the in 2014 and 2015, VROOM was present at the Virtual Revolution tradeshow, which is getting bigger and bigger each year. Still we were only one of the few companies using Virtual Reality for real value creation in... Read more

VROOM moves to Heeze – Demo area under construction

After being at the same location for almost 7 years, we moved the VROOM office to a new location in Heeze, southeast of Eindhoven. There we will also create a demo area where multiple Virtual Reality setups will be... Read more


DAF VR Lab Tilburg

Tilburg University opened the DAF Technology Lab for Virtual Reality this year. This 4 sided cave is unique in its kind and was very well received. We work together with them, aiming for a mutual beneficiary cooperation... Read more

Gate2 Event

Some time ago we were invited by Gate2 to demo the VROOM solution to their business partners. This culminated in an event on the 22nd of October, where we were the main attraction at a networking-meeting. Some 15 people... Read more


Mayor of Olando visits and repairs our Rotor

During the visit of the Orlando delegation, they also paid a visit tot the DAF VR Lab in Tilburg. The mayor herself virtually got trained on repairing a helicopter. Afterwards we spoke to them and although they have seen a... Read more

Pilot and Aircraft magazine

The most recent edition of the Dutch 'Piloot en vliegtuig' (Pilot and aircraft) magazine featured an article about VROOM. Together with NuFormer we showed it at the Paris Air Show. Demos such as the Rotor demo are very... Read more


Hannover Messe 2015

Like last year, we were present at the booth of out partner WorldViz. We showed some nice demo's on a wide-area-walking system with the oculus Rift as well as a Powerwall setup with VROOM running our Rotor demo. An as like... Read more

Paris Air Show

The VROOM Rotor Demo feels right at home in the Paris Air Show. During this week many visitors will play around and virtually get trained on our Rotor. Space was limited, but by using an Oculus Rift and two handcontrollers,... Read more


NuFormer Playground

Our partner NuFormer has used our Powerwall setup with the well-known VROOM Rotor Demo with great success during their day in the NuFormer lab. We had good fun playing around with the systems and applications and many people... Read more

Collaboration Demo at DVE 2015

At the Dommel Valley Event 2015, we showed the possibilities of working together using distributed (VR) setups. You can see other trainees as avatars, wave to each other and more importantly work and learn together. Actions... Read more


ASML implemented VROOM as learning method

This week the second Fontys VR Symposium was held in Eindhoven. Among the speakers was Els Vollenbroek, group lead of the factory training department of ASML, the world leader in semiconductor production systems. She... Read more

VR Symposium 2015

Fontys University organised the second international Virtual Reality Symposium in Eindhoven on January 27-28th 2015. Last year's symposium talked about some very promising new technologies, some of which turned into reality... Read more


I/ITSEC 2014

Our partner WorldViz showed VROOM at the annual I/ITSEC conference on a two-projector setup. This is only one of the many hardware possibilities. Visitors were trained on our demo engine within minutes and responses... Read more

PTC/User Benelux Event 2014

Virtual Reality is quickly becoming more and more popular in the industry. The users of PTC are no exception. Concepts like MBE are getting a lot of interest and so is virtual training. We were put smack in the middle... Read more


Maintenance goes Digital

The Dutch Maintenance industry is huge and virtual reality is one of the solutions which can offer significant cost reduction or value addition. In this light, we were invited to hold a presentation at the Maintenance... Read more

New Feature: Movie Mode

We just released the latest version of VROOM, with an exciting new feature: Movie mode. In this mode, the training will run fully animated. Your trainees can watch the entire training procedure play itself out. This can be... Read more


Next Learning Event – 16th April 2014

Like last year, VROOM training was invited to this annual Learning event. Last time we noticed Virtual Reality is a new concept for a lot of people in this industry, so this year we hosted an expert-session to introduce... Read more

Hannover Messe 7 -11 April 2014

Our partner-company WorldViz premiered VROOM at the Hannover Messe this year. Running on one of their amazing CornerCave systems people were fully immersed in the simulation and were virtually trained on servicing a... Read more


Oculus/Facebook Rift HD

The Oculus Rift HD, which will be available for developers this summer, will allow cost-effective immersive training. The current (low-definition) development version is not really usable, but after testing the HD... Read more

VROOM articles

Both PW De Gids and Arbo featured an article about trends in education in their latest editions. VROOM virtual training was featured in it as a new, state-of-the-art method to train people on complex... Read more


VR Symposium Eindhoven 28-29 January 2014

The first international Virtual Reality Symposium in the Netherlands was held in Eindhoven from 28-29th January 2014. VROOM training was premiered there, with great... Read more

Dommel Valley Group Event 2013: Meaningful & Continuous Learning in Times of Change

The Dommel Valley Group (DVG) is a cooperation among the training and learning departments of the different high tech companies in the Dommel Valley area in the south of The Netherlands. Among these are companies like... Read more