THE POWER OF STORY

Visual Purple brings the power of story to players of 3D simulations in immersive learning worlds. Educators, psychologists, linguists, and artists all agree: stories are richly coded with meaning and transmit data far more effectively than other mediums. We couldn’t agree more! That’s why Visual Purple simulations, whether decision-based, embedded or virtual world, all have one thing in common: Story.

"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn." - Alvin Toffler

Virtual World Training provides the most intriguing and exciting application of the power of story. The virtual world environment provides the context and framework for users to train, but it is the users’ training itself that builds the details of the story as they go. The pedagogy behind this type of “bottom-up” training is instructionally proven; users learn by doing, creating stories as they accomplish their quests (jobs, tasks, missions, etc.). The freedom, choice and discovery incorporated into this type of instructional design are not only highly engaging, but provide the most cost-effective training Visual Purple has to offer.

Embedded Training simulations use stories to train users of complex software systems. These embedded training simulations contain all the best features of Visual Purple decision-based simulations (described below), but are built in to the client software. Users experience a compelling story that motivates them to excellence while training on their own software system. One hundred percent of Visual Purple embedded training translates into performance improvement because on-the-job software becomes training software.

Decision-Based Training simulations tell dramatic stories using traditional cinematic devices. The unique twist is that unlike cinema Visual Purple simulations are interactive and engaging because the player makes the choices, explores vast numbers of options, and learns improved decision making skills along the way. These simulations—instructional design experts classify them as Level V simulations—include remediation, mentoring, and content-rich media libraries.

All Visual Purple training simulation stories are created by Subject Matter Experts, Hollywood Writers, and proven Instructional Design. This combination produces content rich, cogent, educationally effective stories. These stories are communicated by state-of-the-art technology that allows storytelling in an immersive 3D format. Ultimately, the story is what powers the simulations and leads the learner to further success.