Creating a Construction Safety VR Game with Decision-Making Scenarios for an Interactive Learning Experience

This study focuses on designing and developing a virtual reality (VR) game with decision-making scenarios that require critical thinking and problem-solving skills to enhance users’ understanding of safety best practices in construction safety. The study used professionals’ input, developed a VR game using the Unity platform, and tested the game with construction science students during the initial development phase. The feedback from these students will aid in developing more intricate and advanced scenarios. During the game, the player acts as a construction worker, choosing the right ladder to reach the first floor and get a glass of water from one of three water stations so that choosing the safest water station scores high, not the fastest, risking their safety. The study’s results show that participants without prior safety training found the VR game engaging and recommended it to professionals, and the game positively influenced attitudes toward safety. While participants made mistakes, the study highlights the potential of VR-based safety training to improve safety in the construction industry by introducing decision-making scenarios and recording scores on each decision so that participants can evaluate their performance and improve their self-efficacy by learning or getting safety training. In addition, the employer can equally benefit by evaluating their workers’ performance during the game and focusing on what their workers lack in safety training.