Client: Westpac Group

Problem 

Westpac approached MAXART to help them develop a serious game that would help their team members identify and understand key non-financial risks around the bank. The game needed to work in their LMS systems, as well as be 3D and be filled with rich characters and environments.

Solution

Our team at MAXART solved this problem for Westpac by developing a serious game where you play as a risk investigator at the bank. Across 4 separate cases, you work with colleagues across the bank to solve key issues around non-financial risk. The game includes dozens of characters, puzzles, and clues to collect, and a storyline that connects all the cases into a larger storyline.

The project was a huge success with a record number of completions for a piece of non-mandatory learning at Westpac. It collected 3 National training and development awards, including the 2021 AITD Award for Best Use of Gamification/Simulation for Learning.

Technology Uses (Tags)

1. Serious Games

2. Gamification

3. Simulation

4. Web 3D Games

5. Learning and Development

6. Training

Client: Energy Queensland

Problem 

Since 2019, MAXART has worked closely with Energy Queensland across use cases for technology to improve education and training and programs. Across 2020 and 2021, Energy Queensland asked MAXART to assist with the development of virtual reality (VR) training materials for electrical installation and fault-finding testing.

Solution

Our team at MAXART worked closely with the team at Energy Queensland to develop an entirely digital VR training program, including a facilitator companion application for trainers to assist students in the VR experience via the trainers iPad.

The project was a huge success and Energy Queensland commissioned an additional version for mobiles and tablets, so that the same training could be made more widely available to their remote workers that didn’t have access to classroom environments with VR headsets. The project has collected 2 National training and development awards, including awards for best VR hard skills training and best use of technology for learning.

Technology Uses (Tags)

1. Virtual Reality

2. Simulation

3. Mobile and Tablet Apps

4. Learning and Development

5. Training

Client: NECA Education and Careers

Problem 

In 2020, NECA E&C approached MAXART to assist with some companion materials that would accompany a training course that introduces electricians to designing, installing and supporting IoT systems. NECA was seeking to use Augmented Reality to give electricians a visual companion application that demonstrated how IoT systems work in homes.

Solution

Our team at MAXART worked closely with the team at NECA Education and Careers to develop an AR application for iOS and Android that electricians could use to design, install, and support a simulated IoT system in a digital house environment. Trainers could set homework tasks that electricians could complete using the AR app and submit their results to the NECA LMS system.

The project collected 2 National training and development awards, including awards for best AR program including a face-to-face component, and best use of technology for learning.

Technology Uses (Tags)

1. Augmented Reality

2. Simulation

3. Mobile and Tablet Apps

4. Learning and Development

5. Training

Client: Coles

Problem 

Coles approached MAXART to help them develop a proof-of-concept application that demonstrated the power of Virtual Reality technology to train workers in Distribution Centres around key traffic management rules that need to be followed when operating vehicles within the centres picking and packing areas.

Solution

To deliver this project our team at MAXART built a simulated distribution centre and Virtual Reality application that allowed team members to drive an order picker, whilst learning and being assessed again their knowledge on traffic management rules within the distribution centre. MAXART also commenced work on a custom VR controller for the program, but due to the impacts of the pandemic the hardware development was placed on hold.

Despite this, the project was a success, and Coles requested that it be updated to include mobile and tablet devices so that more people across the organisation could experience the training. This second phase was delivered in 2021, and the project team has now moved onto additional content and modules.

Technology Uses (Tags)

1. Virtual Reality

2. Simulation

3. Mobile and Tablet Apps

4. Learning and Development

5. Training

6. Custom VR Hardware

Client: Volkswagen

Problem 

Volkswagen was looking for new ways to take test drives to their potential customers. They also wanted a safe and controlled way to demonstrate how to use vehicle safety features that cannot be shown on a regular dealership test drive. This included demonstrating Park Assist, Pedestrian Monitoring, Adaptive Cruise Control and Emergency Braking features.

Solution

Our team at MAXART solved this problem for Volkswagen by developing a world-first in vehicle VR driving simulator that could be used in dealerships, at events and in shopping centre locations. We used a mix of technologies to achieve this outcome, including standalone VR headsets (no tethers, computers, or wires), hand tracking, custom electronics and multi-user support for a passenger and a facilitator to manage the experience. This approach allowed Volkswagen’s customers to drive the real car in VR whilst using the car’s pedals, gear shifter and steering wheel to drive a digital car within a VR experience.

Technology Uses (Tags)

1. Virtual Reality 

2. Computer Vision

3. Digital Twin

4. Simulation Training

5. Hardware and Electronics

6. Apps

Client: Sports Integrity Australia

Problem 

Sports Integrity Australia was looking for an effective way to educate professional and student athletes on the potential impacts of taking performance and image enhancing drugs and substances. Ideally the solution needed to reach lots of devices that athletes and students would have, and the content needed to be realistic and confronting.

Solution

Our team at MAXART worked with Sports Integrity Australia to develop an iOS and Android mobile AR application that used CGI characters to demonstrate the impacts of taking performance and image enhancing drugs. Our team used a mix of motion capture, AR and 3D technologies to bring the game characters to life. The users could feed these damaging substances to the characters and immediately see both the serious mental and physical health impacts.

Technology Uses (Tags)

1. Augmented Reality

2. Education

3. Motion Capture

4. 3D Modelling and Animation

5. Apps

Client: Energy Queensland

Problem 

Energy Queensland was looking to investigate the synergies between new technologies including Augmented Reality (AR), Internet of Things (IoT), Digital Twin and 3D Printing. Their idea was to develop a sentient city simulation where users could physically and digitally interact with infrastructure and visualise the impacts to the network.

Solution

Our team at MAXART solved this problem for Energy Queensland by developing a digitally twinned city, comprising of a connected system of 3D printed infrastructure, custom electronics, IoT sensor networks and Augmented Reality. This ‘sentient city’ was able to demonstrate how the intersection of new technologies with traditional power networks will drive new products and services for the energy sector.

Technology Uses (Tags)

1. Augmented Reality

2. IoT

3. Digital Twin

4. 3D Printing

5. 3D Scanning

6. 3D Modelling and Animation

7. Custom electronics

8. Apps

Client: Sports Integrity Australia (SIA)

Problem 

SIA has an educational focus on teaching athletes how to make decisions in ethically ‘grey’ situations, by reflecting on their values, principles and desired impact. They have identified that young athletes are presented with various difficult decisions and situations that can impact their sporting career, and that effective ethical decision-making training could help young athletes make more informed decisions.

Solution

We proposed that a virtual reality (VR) gamified learning app could be used to aid reflection on values, principles and desired impacts, and encourage young athletes to consider the consequences to their actions in some of the morally ambiguous situations they may experience throughout their career in sport. The game places the player in the shoes of a disgraced athlete, and allows them to interact with various memories of situations that may have led to that outcome.  

Technology Uses (Tags)

1. Virtual reality (VR)

2. VR learning

3. Ethical decisions

4. Sports Integrity

5. Fair Sport

6. Decision making

7. Gamification

8. Game based learning

Client: Specsavers

Problem 

Specsavers emphasises the customer journey as a key learning topic for new staff. Because each customer has different needs and may interreact with a different aspect of the business, Specsavers needed a way to efficiently and effectively guide staff through those various aspects of the customer journey. By better understanding the stages the learner can then know how to best direct the customer through the store.

Solution

We were able to adapt new revised training materials developed by Specsavers into an engaging, interactive augmented reality (AR) learning game. Played on any AR compatible tablet or mobile phone, learners meet and greet several customers and must determine which aspects of the customer journey they should be guided through based on their requests. The learner is presented with information about the business and its service areas along the way.

Technology Uses (Tags)

1. Augmented reality (AR)

2. Gamified learning

3. Gamification

4. Learning app

5. Onboarding

6. Customer journey

7. Customer experience