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. 2023 Dec 19;22:488. doi: 10.1186/s12912-023-01639-5

Table 10.

The cost of delivering the VR and SBE for the Bachelor and Diploma of Nursing groups

JasperVR (costs per individual scenario) Bachelor of Nursing Diploma of Nursing
One-off work Item Hrs Cost Item Hrs Cost Item Hrs Cost
Script development and review 160 $8,000 Script development 20 $1,000 Script development 20 $1,000
Rehearsals 40 $2,000 Document review 12 $600 Document review 8 $400
Filming (1 day) crew $3,000
Filming (1 day) actors 64 $2,560
Filming (1 day) teachers 10 $500
Document update 10 $500
Software development 160 $8,000
Testing and QA 160 $8,000
Project development overhead 60 $3,000
Totals 664 $35,560 32 $1600 28 $1400
On-going use Item Hrs Cost Item Hrs Cost Item Hrs Cost
Software license $2,000 Preparations 23 $1,150 Preparations 16 $800
Admin preparation 15 $750 Sim day – teachers 48 $2,400 Sim day – teachers 32 $1,600
Pre-brief students 4 $200 Sim day – actors 21 $840 Sim day – actors 32 $1,280
Debrief students 4 $200 Sim day – others (sim techs) 10 $500 Sim day – others (sim techs) 10 $500
Technical support 4 $200 Additional remedial sim day (depending on group size 102 $5,100 Additional remedial sim day (depending on group size 190 $4,500
Totals $3,350 204 $9,990 180 $8,680