{"id":971,"date":"2022-05-05T12:03:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T11:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/clt\/?p=971"},"modified":"2022-05-05T12:03:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T11:03:22","slug":"can-vr-and-ai-improve-soft-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/clt\/2022\/05\/05\/can-vr-and-ai-improve-soft-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Can VR and AI improve soft skills?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A team from the Careers Service, Skills Centre and Centre for Learning and Teaching have registered to take part in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jisc.ac.uk\/\">Jisc<\/a> pilot project to trial a Virtual Reality (VR) platform called <a href=\"https:\/\/bodyswaps.co\/\">Bodyswaps<\/a>.\u00a0 The platform \u201cuses virtual reality and artificial intelligence to empower users to develop their soft skills through empathy and self-reflection\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org\/wp\/2022\/04\/13\/bodyswaps-roadshow-pilot-launched-call-for-participants\/\">National Centre for AI, 2022<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The training will enable students to improve their interview skills, responding to personalised feedback from within the VR role play environment. This \u2018roadshow\u2019 style event will give students the chance to try out \u2018managing anxiety\u2019 training and the \u2018job interview\u2019 simulator.\u00a0 We aim to take 40 students through this training and gather their feedback.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-975\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/clt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2022\/05\/Bias-as-a-barrier-Hero-3-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Bodyswaps scene.\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/clt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2022\/05\/Bias-as-a-barrier-Hero-3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/clt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2022\/05\/Bias-as-a-barrier-Hero-3-383x215.jpg 383w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/clt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2022\/05\/Bias-as-a-barrier-Hero-3.jpg 679w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-974\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/clt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2022\/05\/Woman-wearing-VR-headset-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"Bodyswaps woman wearing a VR headset.\" width=\"327\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/clt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2022\/05\/Woman-wearing-VR-headset-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/clt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2022\/05\/Woman-wearing-VR-headset-1024x526.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/clt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2022\/05\/Woman-wearing-VR-headset-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/clt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2022\/05\/Woman-wearing-VR-headset-1536x789.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/clt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2022\/05\/Woman-wearing-VR-headset-418x215.jpg 418w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/clt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2022\/05\/Woman-wearing-VR-headset.jpg 1701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Students will be offered the chance to take up the VR training (on campus) using Oculus Quest VR headsets.\u00a0 Our student feedback, in conjunction with student feedback from four other institutions, will help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jisc.ac.uk\/\">Jisc<\/a> determine if this training would be beneficial across the sector.\u00a0 We'll let you know how it goes!<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you know of students who would be interested in such a project please ask them to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/announcements\/students-needed-to-trial-new-interview-skills-vr-training\/\">visit this web page to find out more and express an interest in participating<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/announcements\/students-needed-to-trial-new-interview-skills-vr-training\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-972 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/clt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2022\/05\/Bath-Banner-1024x762.png\" alt=\"Bodyswaps Jisc pilot banner.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/clt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2022\/05\/Bath-Banner-1024x762.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/clt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2022\/05\/Bath-Banner-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/clt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2022\/05\/Bath-Banner-768x571.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/clt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2022\/05\/Bath-Banner-289x215.png 289w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/clt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2022\/05\/Bath-Banner.png 1364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team from the Careers Service, Skills Centre and Centre for Learning and Teaching have registered to take part in a Jisc pilot project to trial a Virtual Reality (VR) platform 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