The New Virtual Reality Team Building Paradigm
In the current environment running team building safely can be challenging, however with the advent of remote teams and working methods it has increased the need to bring teams together to maintain culture, relationships and team motivation.
This is especially important for more extraverted team members who are missing the social connection and “social fix” they normally get at work through working with their colleagues.
Fortunately VR enables some excellent remote alternatives with virtual reality team building, allowing teams to interact and work together closely including more vulnerable staff who may have to avoid normal events and gatherings for the next few months.
We can provide supporting VR hire all over the world
We have VR Hire hubs located all over the world, from US, to EU, to China and Singapore, allowing your remote teams to join together quickly and easily regardless of their location.
Our VR Hire hubs are located in US (Chicago), EU (Poland), UK, China and Singapore, as a result we can ship quickly and cost effectively to most locations in the world.
As part of this VR hire we also run orientations to get everyone ready for their VR team build event, this is to ensure they have a great experience and can join the VR event quickly and efficiently.
The VRE team put on a phenomenal team-building afternoon in VR for us – my team haven’t been able to get together in real life for months due to COVID-19 concerns and it was amazing to be able to interact with each other this way (rather than another zoom meeting)! They provided the VR hire and the team build service and got everyone ready with orientations for each person. The team helped us build recognisable avatars so it really felt like we were together, walking amongst each other, laughing, chatting, and giving each other high fives! They also helped design a programme of engaging and fun team-building activities for us, and worked really hard to make the event a success. It was so nice to be able to provide such a unique and memorable experience for my team – they loved it.
David Lawrence – Director, Gilead Sciences UK and Ireland
The guys were absolutely incredible. They did an incredible job at making the VR as inclusive as possible! I have only had good things passed back to me about the activities, and the fantastic facilitators, with many people already requesting we bring it back next year!
A huge thanks to you and the team.
Rebecca Heppolette, Oxford Brookes University
50% said it developed their self awareness skills.
100% of those who completed feedback said they wanted VRE back next year.
Totally nailed what we were looking for – we really felt like we were socialising together and we are all so so grateful to you and the whole team for making it happen.
Thanks a mill to you and the team!
We had a blast and it was a brilliant experience, the team loved it and we’re still buzzing from it one week on.
The session was really great! The whole afternoon was brilliant and provided a great team building event despite not being able to have face to face contact.
It was brilliant, thanks so much.
I found the experience very enjoyable and remarkably immersive, a great idea and well-executed.
How fun was the VR format for you? – 9.9 average rating out of 10.
80% of people said the experience developed their creativity skills, and learning through doing.
For Groups up to 60
Team build from home locations
Protect the environment, no travel required
We send the headsets to your team
Flexible VR activities for a range of purposes
Advanced sanitation systems
First Steps For Your Virtual Reality Team Building Day
We firstly liaise with you to determine what your objectives for the day are, this could simply be a fun event to bring your team together or can also be an opportunity for the team to explore key communication skills or other competencies you wish to develop.
With virtual reality team building you are able to have several different activities on your day and with the advantages of VR groups can switch between types of activities instantly.
How Does Virtual Reality Team Building Work?
- Once we have planned your day with you, we then post out the headsets to your team members a few days before the virtual reality team building day
- One of the VRE team will then make an appointment for a familiarisation session before the team building event. They will run through how the headset works and also make sure your team members are comfortable with the software they will be using by taking them through a simple VR activity in preparation
- On the virtual reality team building day we have two VR facilitators and a VR trainer who will take you through the session on the day
- After the team building session we then arrange for a courier to collect the headsets
- These are then quarantined for 7 days (virus can only live up to 72 hrs) and then put through our commercial sanitisation systems (our systems are much more effective than simple disinfectant wiping) ready for the next group.
Types of Activity
Problem solving
We can run multiplayer problem solving VR activities with varying levels of difficulty to suit your cohort and also your objectives depending on how much you want to stretch them.
Creative
Teams always love creative activities where they get to express themselves and it can be a useful way to see teams’ strengths when using open ended activities that have more than one way of approaching them.
Pure Entertainment
For team building focused purely on letting teams enjoy being together in a shared space we can run highly entertaining multiplayer VR experiences that allow them to have fun and feel connected to their colleagues after a period of team separation.
Or a combination of all three
These options (creative, problem solving) are not mutually exclusive with having fun and we often find having a shared purpose or an interesting problem solving or creative activity are often rated more highly (enjoyment) than purely games focused team building events.
