Webex Hologram enables Europa Networking to create engaging training sessions.
Europa Networking delivers critical training to the healthcare and higher education sectors. When the world went virtual, 2D meetings left a gap in interactive collaboration.
The firm adopted Webex Hologram early to deliver a near tantamount experience to in-person training.
Europa Networking achieved higher quality virtual training, increased ROI, and reduced its carbon footprint using Webex Hologram.
Europa Networking is an innovative and specialized training center and network technology consulting firm. Since 2002, it has provided Cisco Networking Academy Program courses (CCNA, CCNP, CCNA Security, and IT essentials) and instructor training programs (CCAI) to healthcare organizations and higher education institutions.
For more than 20 years, Europa Networking has partnered with private and public sector organizations to promote network technology and provide education to stimulate the IT job market. Clients include the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and some of the world's top medical universities.
Quality, hands-on training—especially in vital sectors like healthcare—requires excellent communication and interaction between trainees and instructors. Historically, that level of instruction could only have been achieved through in-person meetings and sessions, where participants could physically interact with both training materials and coaches.
Two-dimensional, virtual meeting formats have become the norm for so many key industries but can lack immersion used for hands-on training.
Webex Hologram has emerged as an innovative tool to facilitate a near-tantamount experience to live training. The prolific headset allows users to have face-to-face conversations with colleagues who are miles apart and interact with 3D objects to complete training modules in a way that’s much more conducive to collaboration than reviewing 2D images and models.
As an early adopter, Europa Networking has already started to see success.
Webex Hologram brings the in-person training experience to a three-dimensional, interactive, immersive, and collaborative environment—features that trainers and consultants at Europa Networking have been eager to implement into their training.
"We added Webex Hologram to our environment to facilitate communication," Rocco Tessicini, Chief Technology Officer at Europa Networking, said. "Participants feel like they’re [communicating] in person."
Having a tool that enables such a personal experience without requiring staff to be in the same room as their colleagues or trainees helps improve the quality of virtual meetings and training sessions.
While 2D virtual training formats are still an invaluable choice for more traditional, day-to-day virtual meetings, they have limitations that can impede highly technical training exercises. Without the ability to interact with 3D virtual models or speak with training personnel face-to-face, sessions can quickly begin to feel impersonal, and in general, cannot provide the same level of intimacy that is offered in a three-dimensional, collaborative environment.
"In the last year, we adopted Webex Hologram to increase the quality of our training and consultancy, and the experience for our customers," Tessicini said. "At the same time, we’ve been able to save money and optimize our resources thanks to the overall framework of Webex."
Integrating Webex Hologram into Webex Meetings is made easy, too.
"With Webex Hologram, you can join meeting sessions very easily— [it’s] just one button press and you can interact with people in three dimensions," Tessicini said.
Since rolling out Webex Hologram, Europa Networking has enjoyed a host of benefits, from higher-quality training for clients to increased ROI and more.
"With Webex Hologram, we save money on travel expenses," Tessicini said. From his perspective, having been with Europa Networking since its inception, Webex Hologram helps simplify the virtual meeting process, both internally and externally. At the same time, the functionality and highly collaborative capabilities of Webex Hologram contribute to an increase in quality perception on the client side. "It opens up new business opportunities," Tessicini said.
Effectively eliminating the need to travel to receive high-quality training also means that Europa Networking, and other organizations adopting Webex Hologram, can reduce their carbon footprint—a win for the environment, employees, and clients.
"I propose Webex Hologram to customers as a way to optimize resources and save money. Clients can do everything they do in 2D meetings [with the added benefit of] three-dimensional interaction. You have an extended reality in a mixed environment," Tessicini said.
Webex Hologram sparks innovation and inspiration in an increasingly digital world, helping recreate an authentic in-person meeting experience through holographic technology and interactive models.
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Users can interact with 3D holographic training objects to develop a deeper understanding of materials.
Connecting is easy. At the press of a button, join colleagues and trainers in a fully virtual, 3D space.
Webex Hologram helps organizations reduce travel expenses, bringing a truly collaborative experience to the digital realm.
Beyond reducing travel-related expenses, Webex Hologram helps organizations reduce their carbon footprint and optimize resources across the board.