InnoVET PLUS-Project XR2ACH at a glance 

 To provide modern and practice-oriented initial, advanced, and continuing training, the XR2ACH project is developing interactive and immersive virtual multiplayer learning applications.

The target audience includes apprentices in the refrigeration, air conditioning, and heat pump sector (e.g., refrigeration system technicians, mechatronics technicians specializing in refrigeration), as well as technicians and engineers focusing on refrigeration, air conditioning, and heat pumps.

• Selected learning content related to refrigeration and heat pump technology will be prepared in the form of virtual and augmented reality training modules that enable complex technical systems to be realistically represented in a digital virtual environment.
• The learning environment will be accessible through VR/AR headsets as well as smartphones and tablets to ensure broad user access. The application is designed as a web- and cloud-based multiplayer solution, enabling usage independent of location and time. This guarantees a low-threshold, easy-to-understand, yet technically precise knowledge transfer.
• The virtual teaching content developed within the project will cover learning programs on fundamentals, planning, construction, installation, commissioning, maintenance, and repair of refrigeration and heat pump systems. Tracking functions will capture users’ interactions with 3D graphical objects and program features within the virtual environment.
• Collected data will be analyzed to evaluate individual learning progress and provide personalized content recommendations for targeted support.

The virtual multiplayer platform will be designed for seamless expansion with additional teaching content after the project’s completion, ensuring sustainable and continuous use.

A contact and transfer office will support the adoption of VR/AR technologies in education and training for refrigeration and heat pump technology and facilitate easy access for interested companies and institutions.