Evey Cormican
CEO / Founder
Visionary Training Resources
Visionary Training Resources provides a portable VR platform that allows pilots to practice aircraft procedures and flows outside of simulator sessions. This solution optimizes simulator utilization and increases pilot training throughput by offloading foundational learning to an immersive, data-rich virtual environment.
Updated 7 months ago
Funding
Funding rounds are not available yet.
Founders
Jeff Pierce
COO
Product
Problem
The aviation industry faces significant training pipeline pressures due to pilot retirements and fleet expansion, straining existing simulator capacity. Traditional training methods often require substantial simulator time for basic aircraft familiarization and procedural learning, reducing the availability of these high-cost assets for more complex flight operations. This inefficiency impacts pilot throughput and overall training effectiveness.
Solution
Visionary Training Resources (VTR) offers the FlightDeckToGo™ virtual reality (VR) platform to enhance pilot training efficiency and capacity. This portable VR solution allows pilots to learn aircraft flows, procedures, and checklists in a realistic, immersive flight deck environment before or outside of simulator sessions. By offloading foundational training to VR, airlines can optimize simulator utilization, increase pilot throughput, and improve overall training outcomes. The platform's data capture capabilities also provide insights into pilot performance and learning progression.
Target Audience
The primary customers are airlines and aviation training organizations (ATOs) seeking to optimize their pilot training programs, increase pilot throughput, and enhance training effectiveness through immersive technology.
Features
- Untethered VR headset with integrated eye-tracking for precise procedural task verification.
- Proprietary, dimensionally accurate virtual flight decks built from the ground up for specific aircraft models (e.g., A320, B737, B747, B777).
- Virtual instructor functionality providing standardized, guided learning experiences.
- Data capture and analytics for tracking pilot performance, procedural adherence, and learning efficiency.
- Mobile Device Management (MDM) and Learning Management System (LMS) integration for centralized management and reporting.
- Ability to simulate normal and non-normal aircraft operations and system failures.
- Multiplayer functionality for crew resource management (CRM) and coordination training.
- iPad deployment option for content distribution and as a supplementary training tool.
- FMS Trainer module for practicing pre-flight procedures, including CPDLC and ACARS.
- Exterior Walkaround module for standardized pre-flight inspection training.
- U.S. Patent No. 12,322,303 for proprietary training methods.