Page 10 - West Virgina 811 Magazine 2020 Issue 1

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VR experten ce mds trmmng
' ‘ ta new employee is teaming
lo opzrate a backhoe. us
seems to have the hang of the
controls and underslands how
the eqtiiptnens reacts to his inpul. ues
rzad all of the training mate.-iai and has
rzviL-wed the sateiy data. ues ready to
try his hand at moving some dirt.
sntnist as he shees inns the ea.-th, he
hears the sound nttnetat on nietai.
He knows something went wrong. But
what?
g Almost inslamlyz the luudesl sound
, ’ hes even heard comes then. [he ground
,, . ‘ along with a htast ml debris and the
V rush er noxious gas. ue has damaged
a 1wig1w—pressurLv gas tine. tie and his
V i . . ‘ backhoe are blown backward.
His world slowly taaes lo hiaeh.
} ...isui just then, a tnessage appears
. hetnte him in while iettei-s. It's the grim
L ‘ ‘ statistics on surviving such an evens.
,,_ V '- -rhen (herzs nth.-e text explaining what
wznl wrong and how to avoid a similar
1 aetinttn. in Ihe future,
s Thats all possible heeanse hes using
‘ _ ' ‘ a virtual rzality hzadszi with saitwa.-e
' . .. ; es-eatea specifically for the excavalion
V _ >_, t equiptnent he is training on, nula
. , , , ,_,,, , ,,_ , ' -.' 7' ' » * 1"'='-‘-" ": real backhoe in [he field, The virtual
' ' * " W ' " ’ * * " reality shnniatian feels reaL and the
/ conszquences st failurz are sctbzring —
/ but not deadly in [he way lhzy ate in
/ actual rzality.
~ , The sophislicated sahwa.-e (hat allows
~ trainees [he ahimy Io ieai-n and fail in
. Ht!) .» , a sate manner was developed hy From
‘ the Future‘ a Tzxas baszd firm lhal
I ofiers 1wands—on VR training modules.
3 According to Justin Mullin, vice
F» _‘ 1‘ president of isusiness dzvelopmznt at
i °s,/ ._ Frbm the Fulurz‘ the lzchnology allows
‘ B ' rzputilive Iraining and individual
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