WOOD-ED TABLE: virtual environment for training on wood cutting

Virtual Training Environments (VTEs) are now widely used both in research and for application solutions. They encompass a range of technologies (virtual reality, augmented reality, distance learning, collaborative systems) enabling the virtual representation of a working environment. The instrumentation of this environment enables learner behavior to be analyzed and evaluated in real time.

This concept was born in 1995 with the HUBBLE telescope intervention training tool. It quickly spread to training in other fields such as medicine , defense and industry .

Learner interaction with these virtual worlds and intelligent analysis of learner behavior are key to the effectiveness of a VLE. Recent research has focused on evaluating the benefits of these new tools . It has now been proven that excessive use of these virtual environments can be useless, or even penalizing, for skills acquisition. In their recent book, Professors Amadieu and Tricot list these risks .

If we consider all the skills needed to learn a trade, only a small proportion of them can be covered by VLEs. Similarly, learning them may require a complex combination of real...