--- title: "Virtual reality training for Johnson & Johnson procedures" description: "How immersive training kept Johnson & Johnson's procedure quality steady when in-person formats were hard to sustain." url: https://newdiscovery.agency/news/johnson-and-johnson-promote-virtual-reality-training/ language: en --- Industrial Proof 6 min read # Virtual reality training for Johnson & Johnson procedures New Discovery built Johnson & Johnson a procedure-training system in AR and VR, for a moment when in-person training was hard to sustain. Article Details Category Industrial Proof Published August 2021 Read Time 6 min Author New Discovery Agency New Discovery built Johnson & Johnson a procedure-training system in AR and VR, for a moment when in-person training was hard to sustain. [Back to News](https://newdiscovery.agency/news/) New Discovery built Johnson & Johnson a procedure-training system for a moment when the in-person formats the company normally relied on were hard to sustain. The training ran on augmented and virtual reality, but that is not what made it work. What made it work was that it held training quality steady under pressure: personnel could learn procedures more safely and more consistently than the circumstances would otherwise have allowed. The [original account of the project](https://newdiscovery.agency/johnson-and-johnson-promote-virtual-reality-training/) is still on the agency's own site. ## The point was never the headset. It was _safer, more scalable procedure training._ The work answered a training problem: how to help teams understand procedures clearly without depending on the same degree of physical presence at every step. In a regulated healthcare setting, clarity, repetition and confidence are not optional, and this was an early demonstration that immersive systems could carry them. ## Immersive systems earn their place when they _let a team practise before the mistake happens._ The project sits on the same continuum as the industrial and institutional deployments that followed. Reduce friction, improve consistency, and let people rehearse before it counts on the floor or in the procedure — that is the argument, and healthcare is where it was first made concrete. The rest of the proof. ## The Johnson & Johnson work reads alongside _the full case study and the industrial deployments around it._ [The Johnson & Johnson case study](https://newdiscovery.agency/case-studies/johnson-johnson/) is the deepest account of the project. [XR training for regulated medical industries](https://newdiscovery.agency/insights/xr-training-regulated-medical-industries/) sets out the wider logic, [Bosch Innovation Day](https://newdiscovery.agency/news/new-discovery-at-bosch-innovation-day/) shows the same capability in front of an industrial audience, and [the Bridge Accelerator win](https://newdiscovery.agency/news/new-discovery-agency-wins-grand-prize-at-the-bridge-accelerator-program/) shows it becoming a product. More News [ Industry Event An AI workshop for museums, at the binational meeting Forty places, one afternoon, and a room of cultural managers from Juárez and El Paso learning what the tools can and cannot do. Read ](https://newdiscovery.agency/news/ai-lab-vi-encuentro-binacional-de-museos/) [ Interview NDA explained immersive training on En 15 La Entrevista On NetNoticias, Jonalex Herrera and Liz Pasillas made the case for rehearsing dangerous work in VR before anyone does it for real. Read ](https://newdiscovery.agency/news/new-discovery-agency-on-en-15-la-entrevista/) [ Award New Discovery won the Bridge Accelerator grand prize Trainlight took the top presentation prize and $10,000 in seed capital after twelve weeks of rebuilding its business model. Read ](https://newdiscovery.agency/news/new-discovery-agency-wins-grand-prize-at-the-bridge-accelerator-program/) From news to proof ## The coverage tells the story. _The case studies show the work._ Each case study shows the system, the technology, and the impact behind what makes the news. [See case studies](https://newdiscovery.agency/case-studies/)