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VR job simulation for pre-employment assessment
Show the job.
Don't just tell.
Your candidates step into the real job before they ever sit down with you. Then an AI interviewer tells you who's actually ready for it, before you've booked an interview.
What is VR JobMatch?
A job simulation module that tells you who's actually ready
VR JobMatch is a job simulation and pre-employment assessment tool, part of Red Airship's Immersive Suite. Candidates step inside the real working environment on a VR headset, through 180°/360° film or 3D simulation, then sit a structured, AI-assessed interview built around exactly what they just saw.
It's built for the Apple Vision Pro and used by talent acquisition teams to bring down early staff turnover in high-volume, hands-on roles. Research published in Frontiers in Psychology found that VR's sense of presence produces materially better comprehension and engagement than 2D video, for roles that are spatially complex or physically demanding. VR JobMatch puts that same effect to work as a pre-employment assessment tool, before an offer is ever made.
Key takeaways
- Candidates step inside real working environments, through 180°/360° video or 3D simulation.
- A structured, AI-assessed interview follows, built around exactly what they just saw.
- You get a transcript and a role-specific suitability score, generated in real time.
- Run the same experience at roadshows, on your premises, or as remote pre-offer screening.
- The same VR headset and content extends into virtual reality training for onboarding once someone’s hired.
- Hardware's a one-off cost. Software licensing is fixed, once a year.
One simulation. Three ways to run it.
Roadshow / career fair
On-site walk-in
Pre-offer screening (remote)
Why it works.
Seeing beats reading.
Studies on VR presence found it easily beats 2D video for comprehension and engagement, especially for hands-on, physically demanding roles.
Real, not hypothetical.
You ask about what the candidate just saw, not a made-up scenario. That gets you sharper, more honest answers.
Works at any size.
Buy the hardware once. Run the same simulation at a job fair, on-site, or as a remote screen, whether you're seeing 5 candidates or 500.
What's actually inside.
360° Capture
Look anywhere
Candidates can turn and look in any direction. Perfect for testing environmental awareness, hazard spotting, and judgement on the fly.
3D Simulation
Built to interact with
Candidates move through the space and handle the equipment. You see how they sequence a task, not just how they talk about it.
AI Voice Assessment
Follow-up questions
2 to 3 open-ended questions, tailored to exactly what the candidate just experienced, prompt their answers in the moment.
iPad Companion
You watch, you don’t narrate
See what the candidate sees, control playback, read the transcript live. You’re supervising, not performing.
The problem
The expectations gap
Candidates say yes to a job description. Then they turn up and meet the actual job, and it's not the same thing. By the time they walk, you've already paid for it. That's what drives staff turnover and a rising employee attrition rate in high-volume roles.
Before
- Your job listing lists requirements. It doesn't show what the shift actually feels like.
- Corporate videos show the role you wish you had, not the one you’re hiring for.
- You can't run a facility tour at a job fair, or for every candidate before you shortlist.
- Panel interviews test whether someone can do the job, not whether they want it once they’ve seen it.
- Ask a candidate to imagine the role and they'll imagine the version that suits them.
With VR JobMatch
- Candidates step inside the real environment. No imagining required.
- Every candidate gets the same message, delivered the same way, every time.
- Same result whether you're seeing 5 people or 500, in one office or ten.
- Questions anchored in something they just saw, not a hypothetical. Far more telling.
- You get a suitability signal from the first point of contact, not the third interview.
Capabilities
Everything you need for a role-specific simulation
Corporate culture video
Give every candidate the same message about who you are, with no one on staff needed to narrate it.
180° / 360° capture
A directed, high-fidelity view, or the full 360° picture. Your call.
3D simulation
Get candidates comfortable with equipment, procedure, and task order before day one.
Hotspot knowledge checks
Prompts that pop up tied to exactly what the candidate just saw.
AI voice assessment agent
Ask the questions, score the fit, instantly, anchored in the scenario.
iPad companion app
Watch the session live and control it. You don't need to narrate a thing.
Hardware
Built for Apple Vision Pro
VR JobMatch is built for the Apple Vision Pro, our recommended VR headset for pre-hire job simulation. Its resolution and passthrough are why candidates are immersed in the experience, within a couple of minutes, which is exactly when the simulation starts working. A single deployment station, headset, accessories and AppleCare+, comes to SGD 6,346 including GST. An optional iPad Pro companion app (SGD 1,548) gives your recruiter a live view without needing to narrate.
SGD 6,346
Apple Vision Pro deployment station, incl. GST
SGD 1,548
Optional iPad Pro companion app, incl. GST
35–40 / hr
candidates through 3 headsets running 5-minute sessions
The experience
Inside the simulation
Corporate Overview: VR JobMatch
A short, produced overview of your culture, mission and day-to-day environment. It sets the scene before the candidate steps into the role.
Who it's for
Built for talent acquisition teams hiring at volume
VR JobMatch is built for teams hiring frontline and operational roles at volume, where the physical reality of the job is hard to put into words. If your recruitment stack has a job description and a panel interview but nothing in between, this is the gap it fills.
HR Directors & Heads of Talent Acquisition
Early-tenure staff turnover is a visible, growing cost, and the tools you have don't touch the expectations gap that causes it.
Talent Acquisition Managers
Stop losing recruiter hours to candidates who self-select out weeks after first contact. Get a structured suitability filter at the start, not the end.
Operations & Site Managers
New starters who've already seen the floor need less supervised training time, and make fewer early errors once they're on it.
The mathPrevent 3 resignations
Prevent 3 resignations
and the deployment's paid for
Staff turnover is expensive, and most of it happens in the first 90 days. Here's what that actually costs you.
30–150%
of annual salary you lose when a new hire leaves within 90 days
SGD 7K–12K
what one 90-day leaver costs you, warehouse operative role, Singapore
SGD 6,346
total hardware cost per station, Vision Pro plus AppleCare+
Why VR JobMatch
How we compare
| Alternative | VR JobMatch advantage |
|---|---|
| Job descriptions & careers pages | Text can only describe so much. Candidates fill in the rest with their own assumptions. VR gives them a sense of actually being there, which text just can't. |
| Corporate recruitment video (2D) | For spatially complex roles, VR's sense of presence beats 2D video hands down on comprehension and engagement. |
| Facility tour (pre-offer) | A tour doesn't scale to job fairs, or to volume. VR JobMatch gets you the same outcome anywhere, at any scale. |
| Assessment centre / structured interview | Great for testing capability. Doesn't test whether expectations line up, which is what actually drives 90-day attrition. |
| Generic VR content platforms | Not built for pre-hire evaluation. VR JobMatch comes with AI interview layer, companion app, content built around your roles. |
Book a demo
See it on a headset, not a slide.
Tell us about your role and how many people you're hiring. We'll bring a scenario built for your sector to the call.
SGD 500 / module subscription, annual
From SGD 8,000 / first scenario + setup
SGD 6,346 / recommended hardware (Vision Pro)
IMDA grants may cover up to 50% of eligible project costs for qualifying SG businesses.
Book a demo
Ready for candidates to see the job? Let's book a demo.
30 minutes, on a headset, with a scenario built for your sector. No generic deck.