Author: Christiana Polycarpou

With U.S. workplace fatalities increasing seven percent last year, according to a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report, many companies are looking to virtual reality technology to reverse this trend and improve worker safety. With truck driver deaths accounting for 40% of all worker fatalities in 2016, several companies have already initiated VR training simulations for truck drivers as a way of increasing safety for both drivers and the public with whom they share the roads. Last year, United Parcel Service(ups, +0.63%) began using virtual reality as part of their new driver safety exercises. The package delivery company’s goal...