New virtual reality training puts coal mine trainees in the driver’s seat
“Having them experience it for themselves and showing what it actually looks like from up there makes a huge impact on their memory,” Ullrich said.
Not only can they physically jump into several pieces of mine equipment, they can even pick up small Hot Wheel-size demo versions of the equipment from their desk seats in a virtual classroom. They can also view videos, take tests or transport themselves into a piece of equipment or to the top of the dragline.
In the future, along with improving the realistic quality of his virtual reality graphics, Ullrich would like to make some of the various dangers real, so the trainees could experience walls falling on them or running over a truck or other pitfalls without actually getting hurt. Again, he feels the sensory memory of the experience would go a long way for those trainees when they actually get onto a job site.
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