Digitalization has reached training in occupational risk prevention and radically changed the way it is implemented. Cardiac or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to dummy or dummy in first aid courses is still a long way off.

Thanks to virtual reality platforms developed by ludus, the patient who needs to be treated will become a companion and will come back to life. “With virtual reality glasses, you see a real person, who stops breathing, and you receive instructions on the screen. We test our capacity and resilience in everyday work situations that until now we could only see on video,” he said. explain. Mikel Cearsolo, general director of the Basque company. “The country is also represented in real life cannot be recreated, such as falling from a great height, dangerous machine maneuvers, etc.”.

Companies and mutuals

More than 150 companies from 18 countries carry out occupational health and safety training with virtual reality technologies from Ludus: Ford, Bimbo, Mahou, Ferrovial, Nestle or Naturgy from Spain and companies such as Lego, BMW, Sodexo, Cemex, Faurecia, Coca-Cola and Schneider Electric from Mexico, among others .

They join third party prevention services, training centers or mutuals such as Preving, Ibermutua or Fundacion Laboral de la Construcción.

With virtual reality glasses, occupational health and safety training becomes real

Ludus Platforms, created at the end of 2020, offers advantages over other training modalities. “Theoretical training on hard assumptions may be limited by a lack of realism. In addition, training with virtual reality improves retention in the medium and long term, because by feeling royal emergencymotivation grows”, said Mikel Cearsolo.

Ludus has more than 20 products about occupational hazards (work at heights, confined spaces, first aid, ergonomics, resuscitation, etc.) and 500 practical exercises. “Our bookstore is the world’s largest in terms of risk prevention,” says its general manager.

By subscribing

The business model is SaaS (Software as a Service), “Netflix, HBO or Movistar Plus style; you subscribe and access all the content,” says the Ludus founder. Subscription includes a license to use all platform products, necessary equipment to run the simulations, and technology adoption.

During 2022, there is 22,000 training sessions with the Ludus platform, “250% more than the previous year. When a product is used, it is because it provides a different value to the company. Our annual renewal rate is over 92% and we are growing with a speed of more than three figures“, details Mikel Cearsolo.

22,000 training sessions were conducted on the platform, 250% more than the previous year

Ludus differs from other similar platforms in the UK, France and the US in that it has a 100% proprietary technology.

The company born in Bilbao has the support of its shareholders Wayra, Iturri Group, All Iron Ventures or Inveready, which has entered into various financing rounds. “From the investment side, we have done three rounds. Investment volume and total public-private financing amounted to 5 million euros”, said Mikel Cearsolo.

Among Ludus’ goals are strengthening the sales department through channels, post-sales and internationalization and growth in Spanish-speaking countries such as Mexico, Colombia or Chile.