01 Challenge
The product problem
Airside procedures are difficult and costly to rehearse safely in live operational environments. Training teams need realistic repetition without disrupting airport activity or exposing learners to unnecessary risk.
02 Approach
Turning complexity into a usable product
I shaped an immersive training product around practical ground-handling, aircraft marshalling and passenger-safety scenarios. Voice guidance, grading, replay and weather variants turn the experience into a structured learning tool rather than a passive VR demonstration.
03 Execution
What I designed and built
The prototype combines interaction design for Quest controllers, believable airport environments and scenario-based progression. The supporting product site explains the modules, audience and commercial model clearly enough for education and enterprise conversations.
04 Outcome
What the POC proves
The result is an NDA-safe Simam Digital POC showing how procedural VR can improve practice frequency, assessment consistency and stakeholder confidence before a full deployment.
Technical delivery
How the product was shaped
The simulator was designed as a training system rather than an airport-themed VR scene. Scenario progression, instruction, assessment and reset behaviour had to make repeated practice measurable and consistent on standalone headsets.
Training logic as a state machine
Each exercise needed a defined start condition, ordered or conditional tasks, safety-critical errors, completion criteria and a reliable reset. Modelling those states separately from scene objects made scenarios easier to test and allowed guidance, scoring and replay to describe the same learner progress.
Interaction designed for procedural memory
Controller input, reach, object affordances and feedback were shaped around the physical sequence being taught. Voice and visual guidance could support a first attempt, then step back for assessment. Weather or operating variants changed context without changing the core evaluation model.
Standalone delivery constraints
A believable airport environment had to fit Quest frame, memory and thermal budgets. Scene composition, texture use, lighting and active interactions therefore formed part of training design. Stable frame rate and predictable input are learning requirements: discomfort or missed actions would invalidate assessment as well as harm UX.