London, 8th May 2024 – VirtualSpeech, the leading provider of virtual reality (VR) soft skills training solutions is excited to announce a strategic partnership with Strivr, the leading extended reality (XR) platform transforming workforce development at scale. This collaboration will see VirtualSpeech’s suite of communication and leadership training modules made available on the Strivr platform, offering users seamless access to a comprehensive collection of immersive VR training experiences.
By joining forces with Strivr, VirtualSpeech aims to broaden the accessibility of its VR training solutions and empower individuals and organizations to develop essential soft skills in a virtual environment. Through the integration of VirtualSpeech’s training modules, Strivr customers will have the opportunity to bolster their VR content libraries through additional modules spanning communication, public speaking, and leadership skills – all accessible through a single interface.
“At VirtualSpeech, we are dedicated to leveraging VR technology to revolutionize the way people learn and develop soft skills.” said Sophie Thompson, CEO and Co-Founder of VirtualSpeech.
“We’re bringing our real-time AI roleplays to Strivr’s enterprise platform, enabling people to practice difficult conversations, sales pitches, interviews, negotiations, and more, with AI avatars on-demand. Partnering with Strivr allows us to expand the reach of our VR soft skills training solutions and we’re proud to be working with Strivr on our mission to scale VR learning across global organizations.”
With a focus on delivering both learning and business impact, the Strivr platform enables enterprises to elevate employee engagement, performance, and productivity through AI-powered immersive experiences at scale. By offering VirtualSpeech’s training modules on the Strivr platform, users can benefit from a seamless training experience, accessing content offerings from both companies spanning fully-customized, built-to-order experiences, to turnkey, off-the-shelf courses designed to upskill vital employee communication skills.
“With over 2 million training experiences launched on our platform, Strivr is redefining how enterprises train their employees,” said Aneesh Kulkarni, Strivr CTO. “By partnering with VirtualSpeech, we are excited to further expand our content library, providing a more comprehensive collection of immersive skills training to elevate workforce performance at scale.”
With the Strivr platform, customers will also have the option to create customized learning paths for their employees and track overall usage through the Strivr portal.
For more information about this partnership or to learn more about deploying enterprise VR at scale, register to attend the upcoming webinar on May 21, 5pm BST/ 8am PDT, with VirtualSpeech CEO Sophie Thompson and Strivr CTO Aneesh Kulkarni.
About VirtualSpeech:
VirtualSpeech is an award-winning soft skills training platform on a mission to help over 1 million people improve their communication skills. Courses include public speaking, interviews, sales, and leadership, and each online course focuses on the importance of practice and learning through experience. VirtualSpeech has helped over 550,000 people across 125+ countries to improve their skills and confidence through interactive practice exercises. Clients include Universities and Fortune 500 companies around the world, PwC, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, and Warwick Business School.
About Strivr:
With over 1M learners trained and 2M experiences launched in extended reality (XR), Strivr is transforming the employee journey through experiential learning. Incubated at Stanford, Strivr’s platform empowers enterprises to build, manage, experience, and measure XR-based learning to optimize workforce performance. With its award-winning content studio amassing over 60,000 hours of content creation experience, Strivr enables customers to gain unique behavioral insights to measure training effectiveness and predict learning outcomes at scale. Strivr is proud to partner with elite sports teams and Fortune 1000 companies to elevate performance through immersive experience. For more information, visit www.strivr.com.
For media inquiries, please contact: izaskun@virtualspeech.com