KFC is tapping virtual reality to improve its employees chicken frying skills. <\/p>\n
The fast food chain said Thursday that its debuting an employee-training program in which chefs learn to cook a batch of the companys signature fried chicken inside a virtual kitchen. <\/p>\n
The training program was designed to resemble a game in which participants complete the five steps required to make fried chicken in a style to KFCs liking. This includes inspecting, rinsing, breading, racking, and then pressure frying virtual chickens. <\/p>\n
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KFC said that it takes about 25 minutes for employees to fry chicken, but the virtual reality program only takes 10 minutes to complete. A KFC spokesperson said in an email that, \"The VR isnt meant to speed up the process, it is to teach cooks how to make the world-famous Original Recipe fried chicken.\" <\/p>\n
The game was developed by the technology group of ad agency Wieden+Kennedy and is intended to be played on the Facebook-owned ( fb ) Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. <\/p>\n
Its unclear just how big of a roll out KFC is planning for its VR training game, which could be a marketing stunt to generate publicity for KFC, considering that an advertising firm built the VR program. Food site Eater noted that KFC has recently tried other publicity stunts including a takeout box that also charges phones and a bucket for holding chicken that also functions as a Bluetooth photo printer. <\/p>\n
A KFC spokesperson told Eater, The game is intended to supplement the existing Chicken Mastery program, not replace it. <\/p>\n
This is intended to be a fun way to celebrate the work KFCs more than 19,000 cooks do every day in every restaurant across the U.S. in an engaging way, the spokesperson said. <\/p>\n
Story updated on Thursday 3:50 PM PST to correct how the VR tech is being used. <\/p>\n
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