Virtual reality games can be used as a tool in personnel assessment -- ScienceDaily

Virtual reality gamers (VR game) who finished it faster than their fellow gamers also have higher levels of general intelligence and processing capacity. This was the result of a study conducted by the University of Cologne, the University of Liechtenstein and Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences. The results also indicate that virtual reality games can be useful supplementary human resource management tools in companies for predicting the job performance of an applicant. The study "Intelligence at play: game-based assessment using a virtual-reality application" by Markus Weinmann of the University of Cologne and his fellow scientists was published in the journal Virtual Reality. Several studies have already shown that video games may indicate or even help to develop intellectual and cognitive abilities.