GROW better together

Traditional team building exercises never work as well as you hope. But by delivering completely immersive experiences and creating scenarios that produce authentic behaviors, AlignVR's TeamEnhancer smashes traditional limitations and gives you unparalleled insight never before possible into how your team members can grow together and individually. 

THE PROBLEM: TEAM BUILDING GENERALLY MISSES THE MARK

Almost every company engages in team-building activities with the hope that the team learns from the experience and becomes more effective. But often, the results don't manifest. Why?

• The exercise has not been designed to actually produce improvement or isn't based in science
• Team members are skeptical of the process and don't take it seriously
• Team members naturally act differently as they know they're being observed, hampering the ability of the exercise to succeed
• The lessons learned are surface level or trivial
• External coaches can only work with what they see in front of them

AlignVR addresses all of these challenges — and more! — by creating experiences specifically designed to not only be genuinely fun, but elicit authentic behaviours that more accurately reflect the skills and personalities of the team.

THE SOLUTION: HOW ALIGNVR DRIVES TEAM SUCCESS

Impression management describes the process whereby people naturally engage in conscious and unconscious behavior to present the version of themselves they want others to see. When what you want to improve is the day-to-day, team building exercises are impaired from the very start.

AlignVR's approach is to tackle that core problem by suppressing the effects of impression management with cognitive load. We combine the total immersion of virtual reality with the immediacy of fast-paced win/fail tasks that require tight teamwork to accomplish. We engineer social problem-solving situations that organically produce authentic behaviors as all the participants can see and interact with are those in the virtual world with them.

In short? They forget that they're doing a team-building exercise, and coaches and managers have vital insight into who the participants really are. This wealth of information has never before been so easily accessible, and can be put to use immediately to help celebrate the strengths of a team while producing real, actionable opportunities to improve on weaknesses.

Just looking for something a little lighter? Our TeamBooster product allows your team to explore some of the VR challenges in a more relaxed, no-pressure social context.

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EXAMPLE Team-building TASKS

OBSERVATION

Trapped in the past with a broken time machine, participants must pay close attention to their surroundings to escape. 

ADAPTATION

How does your team respond when an unexpected outside force subtly sabotages their progress?

STRATEGY AND COMMUNICATION

Aboard a space station with time running out, can your team come up with an effective plan to finish the repair while under attack?

MANY MORE POSSIBILITIES

With full control over the virtual world and how each participant individually sees and interacts with it, we produce unexpected, unpredictable situations and scenarios not possible in traditional team-building that challenge perceptions and encourage openness and collaboration.

What teams think

When companies deploy an AlignVR TeamEnhancer, they're taking a bold, forward-thinking step into the future of successful team-building. And staff are highly impressed with the experience too!

• Participants rate the experience extremely positively
• People enjoy being able to sort out roles and have the team run smoothly
• Everyone has a chance to shine

​​“It was really fun, enjoyable, and educational!”

“I think it helped break through some of the insecurities I have about saying what I see/think.”

"It was a great learning experience and our team learned a ton of great things. We were able to pinpoint a few weaknesses that we can now improve upon. We will definitely be returning to continue to develop our communication skills and grow as a leadership group."

Frequently asked questions

Will people who experience motion sickness get sick in VR?

​No! Carefully developed VR experiences do not cause motion sickness. Because of how we design the experience, even participants that have reported VR sickness with previous applications have completed AlignVR sessions with no problems.

Will my staff be participating in awkward role-plays?

​There will be no acting of any kind involved in your AlignVR experience. Our system of learning actually relies on creating a natural response to situations rather than contrived role play scenarios. The activities are specifically designed to be a completely natural experience that occurs without any awareness of a lesson or message. 

Can people with glasses do this?

Yes! Most glasses fit inside the headset — though if you have wider rims, they may not, and contacts may be a better idea.

What will we do in VR?

The virtual reality games you will play are designed as problem-solving scenarios that require varying levels of activity but no prior knowledge. You will work with team members to make discoveries, strategize and have fun together. You do not need to be an expert at anything to enjoy and learn from these activities!

Do we come to you or do you come to us?

If you're in Alberta, you are welcome to come to our Alberta Training Centre in Edmonton. We are also fully equipped to run an AlignVR session in a pop-up format throughout Alberta either in your office if you have a 20' x 20' empty space, or in a nearby facility we will arrange.

Outside of Alberta, we can either help you get set up as an ongoing program in your office, or we may be able to refer you to a local partner.

​Interested in becoming a partner? Let us know!

How to get an AlignVR TEAMENHANCER

Now you're all ready to book an AlignVR TeamEnhancer session — let's do it.

We have a few questions to get us started on discovering which experiences will be right for your company. Fill in the form below and we'll be in touch very soon with more details.