Train people inside the real workplace before they set foot in it.
Twinflow turns your sites, plant rooms, wards, labs and campuses into walkable, measurable digital twins that become training environments in their own right. Inductions, procedures, safety drills and expert knowledge, all placed exactly where the work happens and open to every learner from a browser or headset.
Training budgets are shrinking, while the skills people need are tied ever more closely to a specific place.
Most workplace training still happens in a classroom, on a slide deck, or by shadowing whoever has time. New starters learn the layout of a plant, a ward or a depot by walking it, often while it is live. Contractors arrive for a first day of induction before they can do anything useful. Safety drills are run once a year, if the site can afford the disruption.
Meanwhile the people who really know the building are retiring, moving on or stretched across too many sites. Their knowledge lives in their heads and in out-of-date PDFs. Every time a layout changes, the training material falls further behind the place it is meant to describe.
A walkable copy of your real workplace, built to teach people how it works.
A training twin is a photorealistic, dimensionally accurate replica of the place your people will work in, opened in a browser, on a tablet or in a headset. New starters can find the fire assembly point before their first shift. Engineers can locate an isolation valve and watch the procedure video pinned beside it. Contractors can complete their site familiarisation the night before they arrive.
We are vendor-agnostic, so the build follows the learning goal. A 360 walkthrough for inductions and orientation. Laser-scanned, measured environments for technical and engineering training. Lightweight 3D and Gaussian splat outputs for VR and AR delivery.
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The real place, not a mock-up
Learners rehearse in the exact layout, equipment and routes they will use on the job.
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Knowledge pinned in place
SOPs, videos, hazard notes and quizzes attached to the asset they describe.
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Open on any device
Browser, mobile or headset, linked from the learning platform you already use.
Built for the moments where people learn best by being there.
New starters know the site before day one.
Rehearse hazards and evacuation without disruption.
SOPs and videos pinned to the asset itself.
Expert know-how kept when people move on.
Real spaces delivered to headsets and tablets.
Site rules and access routes covered before arrival.
Virtual labs, field trips and open days.
One training standard across every location.
01 Induction, onboarding & time to competency
First days are expensive. New starters spend hours being walked around a site, finding their way, and absorbing information they will forget by the end of the week.
A training twin lets them explore the real workplace before they arrive. Key locations, team areas, welfare facilities, emergency routes and first-aid points are tagged and explained in place. Line managers spend less time on orientation and more on the work itself.
In practice
- Self-guided virtual tours of the site sent with the offer letter or joining pack
- Tagged points of interest with short videos from the people who work there
- Guided highlight reels for specific roles, shifts or departments
- Short knowledge checks linked from your learning platform
- The same induction for every starter, whoever is on shift that day
02 Health, safety & emergency preparedness
The most important safety training is often the hardest to deliver on a live site. Drills disrupt operations, hazardous areas cannot be visited casually, and some scenarios cannot be rehearsed for real at all.
Inside the twin, learners walk evacuation routes, locate fire equipment and shut-offs, and identify hazards in the exact environment they will face them. Safety teams can mark confined spaces, permit areas and high-risk zones, and refresh the content as the site changes.
In practice
- Walk evacuation routes, refuges and assembly points from any device
- Tag fire alarm call points, extinguishers, spill kits and isolation points
- Hazard-spotting exercises set in the real working environment
- Pre-task briefings for high-risk or infrequent work
- A visual record supporting safety audits and training evidence
03 Equipment, process & technical training
Procedures written in a manual rarely match what a technician sees when they open a plant room door. Learners have to translate a drawing or a photo into the real thing, usually under time pressure.
Twinflow pins standard operating procedures, maintenance steps, data sheets and how-to videos to the exact asset in the model. Engineers can study a piece of kit, rehearse a sequence and check measurements before they ever touch it. For complex plant, laser-scanned environments provide the accuracy technical training needs.
In practice
- SOPs, isolation sequences and checklists attached to the relevant equipment
- Video walkthroughs recorded by experienced operators, placed in context
- Measured environments for maintenance planning and access rehearsal
- Line changeover and reconfiguration practice without stopping production
- Links to CAFM, CMMS or asset data where the twin is already in use
04 Knowledge capture, transfer & succession
In many organisations the real operating knowledge sits with a handful of experienced people. When they retire or move on, it leaves with them, and the replacement learns the hard way.
A twin gives that knowledge a permanent home. Experts can annotate the spaces they know best, record short explanations in place and flag the quirks no manual mentions. The result is a spatial knowledge base that survives staff turnover and grows over time.
In practice
- Structured knowledge capture sessions with senior staff before they leave
- Annotated tips, warnings and workarounds placed where they apply
- Recorded explanations of rarely performed tasks and seasonal procedures
- Mentoring sessions run remotely inside the twin
- A searchable record that new team members can return to at any time
05 Immersive VR, AR & simulation-ready environments
Building immersive training from scratch is slow and costly, and generic 3D environments rarely look like the place learners actually work. That gap undermines the realism that makes immersive learning effective.
Twinflow captures the real space and converts it into formats immersive developers can use, including meshes, lightweight GLB files and photorealistic Gaussian splats. Your learning designers or XR partner start from an accurate replica of your site rather than a blank scene, which saves build time and makes scenarios feel real.
In practice
- Headset-ready walkthroughs of real sites for immersive inductions
- Scan-to-mesh and GLB exports for VR, AR and game-engine development
- Gaussian splat capture for photorealistic, lightweight environments
- Accurate geometry for scenario-based and branching simulations
- AR overlays that place guidance on real equipment in the field
06 Contractor, agency & visitor familiarisation
Contractors and agency staff often lose half a day to induction before they can start. Visitors, auditors and new suppliers arrive unsure where to go or what the rules are.
Sharing the twin in advance covers site rules, access routes, parking, sign-in, permit areas and welfare facilities before anyone arrives. Contractors can also check access and working conditions ahead of the job, which reduces return visits and wasted mobilisations.
In practice
- Pre-arrival familiarisation sent with permits and work packs
- Clear marking of restricted areas, PPE zones and access routes
- Remote pre-start checks of working areas and equipment access
- Briefings for agency staff covering multiple sites at once
- Visitor and auditor orientation for complex or secure premises
07 Campus, classroom & vocational learning
Universities, colleges and training providers face the same constraint as employers: the best learning environments are physical, limited and expensive to access. Labs have capacity limits, workshops have safety rules, and many real-world sites cannot host groups of students.
Twins of labs, workshops, heritage sites and industrial facilities give students repeatable access to places they would otherwise see once, if at all. The same captures support virtual open days, accessibility information and remote learners.
In practice
- Virtual lab and workshop orientation before practical sessions
- Virtual field trips to industrial, construction and heritage sites
- Apprenticeship and T Level content built around real employer sites
- Virtual open days and accessibility walkthroughs for prospective students
- Remote and blended learning that uses the same spaces as campus learners
08 Multi-site standardisation & training evidence
Organisations with many sites struggle to deliver the same quality of training everywhere. Local trainers improvise, layouts differ, and head office has little visibility of what is actually being taught.
A consistent twin format across every location means each site gets the same structure of induction and safety content, adapted to its own layout. Central L&D teams can update material once, see where training is used and hold a visual record that supports audit and compliance.
In practice
- A standard training template rolled out across a whole portfolio
- Site-specific detail layered onto a shared core programme
- Central updates when policies, layouts or equipment change
- View analytics showing which spaces and topics learners engage with
- Recapture when a site changes, so material never drifts out of date
From learning goal to a training environment your people actually use.
We start with the learning outcome, not the technology. Which roles, which spaces, which procedures, and how will success be measured? We also map the learning platforms and devices you already use, then agree a focused pilot such as one site induction or one high-risk procedure.
Our capture network records the spaces with the right technology for the goal: 360 capture such as Matterport for orientation, mobile and terrestrial LiDAR from NavVis, Leica or FARO for technical environments, and Gaussian splat capture where immersive delivery is planned. Visits are scheduled around shifts and production.
The twin is turned into a learning environment. Procedures, videos, hazard notes, documents and knowledge checks are pinned to the right locations, and guided tours are built for each audience. Where VR or AR is in scope, we prepare mesh, GLB or splat outputs for your learning designers or XR partner.
Learners access the twin through a secure link, embedded in your learning platform, intranet or onboarding portal, on desktop, mobile or headset. Hosting, access controls and data residency are agreed at scoping, and data ownership and portability are written in from the start.
Usage data shows which spaces and topics learners engage with, so content can be improved. When a layout, process or piece of equipment changes, we recapture the affected area so the training stays true to the real workplace, then extend the programme to further sites and roles.
Every hour a learner spends in the twin is an hour nobody has to walk them round the site.
New starters and contractors arrive already knowing the layout, the routes and the rules, so they contribute sooner.
Orientation, drills and equipment familiarisation move out of the live environment, so production and services keep running.
Hazards, isolations and emergency routes are rehearsed in the real layout before anyone is exposed to the real risk.
Fewer trainer-led site tours, less travel between locations and content that scales to every learner without extra sessions.
Expert insight is pinned to the building itself, protecting the organisation against retirement and staff turnover.
The same capture supports facilities, compliance, marketing and capital projects, so training never carries the full cost alone.
Every sector trains differently, but the hardest lessons are always tied to a real place.
Operator onboarding, line changeovers and machine familiarisation without stopping production.
Substation, treatment works and plant training for hazardous, remote and safety-critical sites.
Ward and theatre orientation, lab inductions and clean-room procedures for clinical and research staff.
Cabin, depot, station and ramp familiarisation for crews, engineers and frontline staff.
Site inductions, pre-task briefings and hazard awareness that keep pace with a changing site.
Virtual labs, workshops and field trips, apprenticeship content and accessible campus walkthroughs.
Mission rehearsal, building familiarisation and incident response planning for secure environments.
High-volume frontline onboarding across stores, hotels and warehouses with a consistent standard.
The people responsible for getting others ready for the job.
Owns the training strategy, the budget and the case for impact. Buys a digital twin because it turns the workplace itself into scalable learning content, with engagement data that links training to time to competency.
Owns the content, the platforms and the learner experience. Buys accurate, ready-made environments to build modules, guided tours and immersive scenarios on, without starting every project from a blank 3D scene.
Owns inductions, risk awareness and emergency preparedness. Buys a way to rehearse hazards and evacuation in the real layout, with a visual record that supports audit and incident review.
Owns output, uptime and the people on site. Buys training that keeps learners out of the live environment until they are ready, and captures senior staff knowledge before it walks out of the door.
Owns the joiner experience, retention and employer brand. Buys pre-boarding that shows candidates and new starters the real workplace, reducing first-week drop-off and making a strong first impression.
Owns course design, student experience and blended delivery in further and higher education. Buys repeatable access to labs, workshops and real-world sites that would otherwise be limited, costly or impossible to visit.
Put your people in the room before their first day.
Whether you want to speed up inductions, make safety training stick or protect the knowledge your best people carry, we will scope the right capture and the right learning layer for your team.