Simango uses virtual reality to train resuscitation services reinforcements

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Co-created by two Rennes companies, Simango and Vivalto health, the Réa’gir training allows caregivers called in as reinforcements to quickly and immersively discover how a resuscitation service works.

“The Réa’gir module aims to make the back-up teams operational more quickly. The use of virtual reality makes it possible to become familiar with common work situations and to retain the actions specific to this service”, summarizes Guillaume Maquinay, CEO of Simango, specializing in virtual reality or mobile learning training for the health sector. In continuing or initial training, this module targets in particular nursing or medical students, nursing aides or newcomers to these services. The aim is for them to be effective auxiliaries alongside specialist caregivers.

Realistic captureTo do this, Simango has developed a mobile and immersive 360 ​​° virtual reality video training course presented as a first in France. “The different scenarios were designed with the medical teams of the Vivalto Group, and filmed in VR 360 with realistic capture without stereoscopic video.” Until now, all other training modules developed by Simango since 2019 have been based on 3D modeling.

The use of this technology, compared to real-time 3D, allowed the company to develop this module in two weeks. “It is also a question of acceptability of the rendering in relation to the sensations, such as nausea, that can be induced on a training program of around 30 minutes.”

Other training on resuscitationRéa’gir training is deployed on Oculus Go and Pico virtual reality headsets that Simango makes available to healthcare establishments as part of its offer. About thirty professionals from the Vivalto group have already been trained in this way during a first session in early April.

Two more sessions are planned by the end of the month to reach around 100 people in the Vivalto group. Simango now intends to deploy this training to other health establishments. The start-up is working on other virtual reality modules related to resuscitation. A project on the complete functioning of a resuscitation room is underway with the CHRU of Brest.

Mobile-learningThese modules, such as Réa’gir, will complete the range of virtual reality training courses already offered by Simango, 22 to date. In 2020, the start-up began to deploy mobile-learning modules, including one around Covid-19 (Link). “We have five. Three are being finalized. After the PCR tests, we will offer modules on ethics in intensive care or professional interviews in the public service.” Mobile learning targets the assimilation of knowledge or the verification of procedures. The training sessions on helmets are based on scenarios, training protocols and experiments.

10,000 people trainedSimango’s programs have already trained more than 10,000 people. They are now deployed in 115 establishments against 70 last April. Impacted by the health crisis, having partly mobilized health establishments on other fronts than training, Simango achieved a turnover of € 300,000 in 2020, against € 500,000 anticipated last spring.

“1.5 million euros are expected for the current financial year”, indicates Guillaume Maquinay. Reinforced by fundraising of 1.35 million euros in early 2020, the start-up continued to expand its teams from 12 to 20 employees in one year. “The workforce is expected to grow to 25-30 by the end of the year.” To start recruiting and accelerate the various projects, Simango intends to complete another fundraising in the second half of the year in the order of 5 to 7 million euros.

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