TECHNOLOGY

Virtual reality under microscope

Coal Services, doctoral student measure effectiveness of training

Nadav Shemer
Shiva Pedram’s research focuses on using virtual reality to train mine rescue brigades

Shiva Pedram’s research focuses on using virtual reality to train mine rescue brigades

Coal Services has developed a cinema-like virtual reality room with a 360° screen that is 10m in diameter and 4m high and uses 12 cameras to project 3-D images with full surround sound. Up to eight miners...

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