Public Speaking

Rehearse the presentation out loud, before the room is real.

Your people upload their own slides and present to an audience that reacts. Then they answer AI questions drawn from what they actually said. Every talk is scored on content and delivery, with no headset needed.

15+ rooms

from a small office to a conference stage

115k+

speeches completed

Reading the slides at your laptop isn't practice

The presentations that count are the ones nobody gets a second attempt at - the pitch, the board update, the all-hands, the conference talk. In a university it's the seminar talk, the group presentation, the dissertation defence, and the assessed piece a grade hangs on.

What most people do beforehand is read through the deck silently, once. What they need is to say the words out loud, in the room, with people looking at them - and that's the one thing no amount of slide review provides.


Practising alone tells you nothing

Running through it in your head skips the part that actually goes wrong: pace, filler words, and losing the thread when someone looks bored.


Colleagues won't tell you the truth

A run-through in front of the team gets "that was great" and one comment about a typo on slide nine. A tutor with forty students can't give more.


The Q&A is what people fear, and nobody rehearses it

Most preparation covers the talk and stops at the moment the first hand goes up.


What a session looks like

Anything from a thirty-second pitch to a full-length talk, in a browser or in a headset.

01

They bring their real material

Upload the actual slides or notes. They practice with the thing they'll present.

02

They pick the room

Different venues, from a boardroom of six to a conference stage. Choose the audience size and how attentive they are.

03

They deliver it out loud

A minimum of thirty seconds, or as long as the real thing. The audience reacts - shifting, looking up, checking phones.

04

They take questions

The AI asks questions based on what they actually said, not a generic list. Then the score arrives, and they can talk it through with a coach.

Illia Gugenishvili

Abo Akademi, Assistant Professor / Lecturer in Marketing

"VirtualSpeech training has become one of the most memorable parts of our courses. Students really valued having the chance to test their presentations, notice where they could improve, and build genuine confidence in their delivery. Many said it made a real difference in how they approached their final presentations."

The questions come from what they actually said

This is the part that separates a rehearsal from a practice session. When the talk ends, the AI asks questions drawn from the content of that specific delivery - including the claim they made loosely, or the number they skipped past.

It's also the part people are most afraid of, and the part conventional training never reaches. A workshop can cover structure and delivery. It can't put a hand up at the end and ask why the figures don't add up.

Learners can also add their own questions in advance, so a team can rehearse against the objections they know are coming.

After a product roadmap presentation

"You said the migration would be complete by Q3 — what happens to the customers still on the old platform after that?"

"You mentioned cost savings twice but didn't give a figure. What are we actually expecting to save?"

"How does this change what you're asking my team to deliver next quarter?"

Scored on the talk and the delivery

Five criteria chosen for what that particular session is testing, each with a written explanation of what the person said and what to change. A conference talk isn't judged on the things that matter in a one-to-one pitch.

Alongside them are delivery metrics people can’t self-assess: speaking pace, filler words, listenability, eye contact, and body language when practicing in a headset.

Across five practice sessions, presenters' scores rise 12% on average, with body language up 20% and eye contact up 14% in VR. (Based on nearly 400 learners who completed five or more presentation sessions)

How AI Feedback works - More on AI Coaching


Most of the independent research on our platform looks at exactly this - presentation confidence, speaking anxiety and delivery measures in real university courses.

See what researchers found

A competency-based presentation
Overall: 7.9
  • Composure and adaptability
  • Knowledge of the topic
  • Clarity and focus
  • Engagement and enthusiasm
  • Listening and responding

Speaking pace: 162 wpm

Hesitations: 3

Eye contact: 74%

Notes Used

Sean Kelly

University of Auckland - Technology and Prototyping Manager

"VirtualSpeech helped FINANCE 251 students practise presentation skills in a safe, non-judgemental environment while receiving immediate, consistent feedback on their performance. For large courses, it offers a practical and scalable way to support communication skills development when supported by appropriate VR infrastructure."

Public Speaking Rooms

Presenting to six people around a table is a different skill from holding a lecture hall. Learners choose the venue, the audience size and how difficult they want it.

In the browser, or in a headset

Every venue runs on a laptop or tablet with nothing to install, which is how most programmes roll out. In a headset, the same session adds presence, body language scoring, and the feeling of actually standing there - which is why presenting is the practice type customers most often move into VR.

More on VR & AR

Frequently Asked Questions

1How can VirtualSpeech support presentation training?
Learners rehearse presentations aloud in virtual venues, receive feedback, and practice answering questions. Organizations can use it alongside workshops or courses to give people repeated practice before important presentations.
2Can learners practice with their own slides?
Yes. Learners can upload their actual slides or notes and rehearse with the material they intend to present, including pitches, business updates, conference talks, and university presentations.
3Can learners practice presentation questions and answers?
Yes. When audience questions are enabled, the AI asks questions based on what the learner actually said. Learners can also add questions in advance to rehearse anticipated objections or challenging audience questions.
4What presentation feedback do learners receive?
Feedback covers five criteria relevant to the session, with written explanations and suggestions. Delivery measures include speaking pace, filler words, hesitations, and listenability. VR practice also provides eye-contact and body-language measures.
5Can we change the audience and presentation environment?
Yes. Learners can choose from more than 15 rooms, ranging from small meeting spaces to conference settings. They can adjust audience size and attentiveness to suit the presentation they are preparing for.
6Is presentation practice available without VR?
Yes. Learners can practice in a browser without a headset. VR offers an additional immersive option. Body-language tracking uses headset and controller movement and is available only when practicing in VR.
7Can administrators configure presentation practice?
Yes. Administrators can control access to slides, notes, distractions, live feedback, live questions, audience questions, and maximum-length settings. They can also assign selected activities and define completion by attempt count or minimum score.
8Is there independent evidence for presentation practice?
A randomized controlled trial with 50 adult learners found significantly higher final-stage listenability scores for the VR group than the comparison group. It did not find a significant final-stage difference in speaking pace, and the authors cautioned that the sample was too small to generalize. Read the study.
9What can administrators see about a learner’s practice?
Core performance data and feedback, including scores where applicable, are automatically shared with administrators. Session transcripts, audio recordings, and coaching takeaway plans are shared only when the learner explicitly chooses to share them using the button in the feedback or coaching room.

See it with a presentation your people actually give

Tell us what your people present, whether that's pitches, board updates or conference talks, and we'll show you a live session on the call. You'll see how the audience reacts, the questions the AI asks, the feedback a presenter gets, and the data you'd see as an admin.