Immersive Training Environment

A real-time immersive training system, comprising:

• a plurality of immersive visualization rooms, wherein an immersive visualization room comprises a display configured to provide a three dimensional image of a workspace, and an input system configured to obtain data representing an interaction with the workspace;
• a multi-user server configured to allow interactions between each of the plurality of immersive visualization rooms, wherein trainees in each of the plurality of immersive visualization rooms can see representations of trainees in other immersive visualization rooms;
• an operator console, comprising a control board designed to simulate a plant control board for the workspace;
• a dynamic process simulator configured to:
• run a process simulation of the workspace;
• provide simulated real time data of the workspace to each of the plurality of immersive visualization rooms and the operator console;
• accept control inputs from the operator console;
• and
• interaction data from each of the plurality of immersive visualization rooms;
• and
• an instructor system, comprising a system configured to interact with the dynamic process simulator, the operator console, or the plurality of immersive visualization rooms, or any combinations thereof, and wherein the instructor system is configured to activate simulations of events.

A method for training workers for a hydrocarbon environment, comprising:

• placing a field trainee in a real time immersive environment, wherein the real time immersive environment is configured to provide three dimensional images of a workspace to the field trainee, and to accept inputs from the field trainee that represent interactions of the trainee with the environment;
• placing an operator trainee at an operations console configured to provide the operator trainee with simulated data representing the workspace;
• providing a dynamic process simulator configured to provide simulated real time data to the field trainee and the operator trainee based, at least in part, on a model of a workplace;
• and
• placing a trainer at a training console configured to provide control input to the dynamic process simulator to trigger simulations of events, and allowing the trainer to guide the field trainee and operator trainee through the events.