“Glossophobia” is the fear of public speaking, and people are lacking in their careers and missing out on several amazing opportunities due to this fear, this has been discovered through several studies.
But I think it’s not just about those studies, we might even have observed this fear within ourselves or people around us. And almost 75% of people have this phobia.
But we all know each and every problem has a proper solution for it. And now, because of the new invention, you can boost your confidence in public speaking with VR.
For some people, public speaking is not that huge a deal, they might think, why fear just speaking in front of people?
But not everyone has that level of confidence, and they don’t know that while speaking in front of the public, people become nervous, sweaty, or they even have social anxiety, and sometimes they feel like running away from that place because they don’t feel confident enough.
For some people, public speaking is not that huge a deal, they might think, why fear just speaking in front of people?
But not everyone has that level of confidence, and they don’t know that while speaking in front of the public, people become nervous, sweaty, or they even have social anxiety, and sometimes they feel like running away from that place because they don’t feel confident enough.
And when you lack confidence, the downpour of suggestions just waits for you. People suggest that to remove the fear of public speaking, they should practice in front of a mirror or just in front of their friends.
Or they might say you should record yourself and replay it to know where you are lacking. But to what extent do these things work?
Trust me, I have also tried all these techniques, but that fear is still there. And social anxiety just keeps on increasing.
Lowering the confidence level lowers the performance rate even if we give or do our best and try 100%. But we are now in 2023, and we can read in news articles how technology companies are inventing new things and how they are trying to take over the market just by giving a technological solution for each and every problem.
So why not when it comes to public speaking, definitely, by 2024, you won’t get any AI assistant to speak on your behalf of you, you can improve your skills in public speaking with VR, and next time, you won’t feel nervous while speaking in front of many people.
1. Is It Possible for VR To Serve as a Training Tool?
Through virtual reality headsets, we can get access to an unrealistic computer-generated world.
This computer-generated world is basically known as virtual reality (VR), where the environment is simulated, and you will feel like you are there physically present, and with the visuals and sound effects, you may feel like the virtual environment is reality.
These headsets are like a ticket to that virtual reality world. The moment you wear those headsets, you will immediately feel like you have come to a different place that is far from reality.
And if you want more in real experience, you wear certain gadgets and make movements and gestures in that virtual world.
Through headsets and gears, you will be able to explore various destinations, or you can even play your favorite games.
If you like to design and decorate your dream home on your own, then through VR, you can even do this before executing the actual plan. Or just entertain yourself and keep yourself engaged in art and culture through it.
And now you all will be thinking that virtual reality is only for entertainment purposes.
Of course, it is not. Why won’t people use such a great invention to solve their problems? Great things aren’t just invented for entertainment and fun purposes. We all are learners, and we always seek to learn something or another, but we can’t do this due to a lack of time or confidence.
As advancements in technology increase, learners get the opportunity to stay in one place and learn millions of things and get virtual training. This virtual training is not only for educational purposes.
In the United Kingdom, virtual reality training is used to train the military department of Defence for combat purposes. In the medical industry, newbie doctors, through VR, are supposed to practice big surgeries.
If we use virtual reality beyond entertainment, it will help many people on a large scale. We should think of training ourselves in public speaking with VR.
2. Train Yourself For public speaking with VR.
Platforms like “Ovation” and many others can help you strengthen your confidence to speak in public. Not only that, but it can help you perform well and speak fluently when having your first conversation with someone, giving a presentation, or even in an interview. You just need to get training in public speaking with VR.
All you have to do is just wear the headset, and if you have your script, well and good, if not, some platforms provide scripts.
It will assist you to strengthen your capabilities by delivering advanced training features, and you will be provided with a suggestion when you are talking with an audience that seems real, but they are simulated.
Through those headsets, you will see a virtual audience in front of you nodding their heads, and some of them may also cross-question you while you speak.
You will get pop-ups in between on your screen stating where you should look, it will tell you to make eye contact or increase your voice, and it will ask you to make some hand gestures to make it look interactive.
Through this method, you will know where you are making errors and where you need to improve. After speaking, you will get a report based on your style of speaking, the tone you used, and the tone that should be used.
Not only that, it will also tell you how many line fillers, such as “um,” “ah,” and “like,” you were using and what you should do to avoid them.
As you train your skill of public speaking with VR, you will feel more confident because virtual reality will give you a realistic environment to practice your skill.
You will perform and speak in front of hundreds of virtual people, and when you shift from virtual to real reality, you will know how to speak and be confident enough to give an interview or presentation.
Some platforms also let you record and self-evaluate, which means you can play back the recording to see where you went wrong and how you can get better. And if you are practicing daily, a weekly report of your progress will be given to you.
3. Conclusion
Training for public speaking with VR is very effective, thanks to the process of active learning and time savings.
People who face anxiety and nervousness because of public speaking can benefit from practicing it in virtual reality.
It can boost confidence and also enhance skills of speaking, and people with poor spoken language skills can also improve their language through this training.
It will also help you to be interactive and will push you towards engagement with people, and this type of training will increase your recall memory.
If we use virtual reality beyond entertainment and fun, we can make great use of it and improve ourselves and our skills in many ways.
Last Updated on November 14, 2023 by ayeshayusuf