MOL announced the introduction of the Vessel View VR, a virtual reality system that enables virtual ship visits, based on technology developed by NURVE.
Vessel View VR provides access to information that until now has been limited in conventional ship visits. The virtual ship visit will be used into the car carrier ‘Beluga Ace’, delivered in March of this year.
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The vessel is 199.9m long and 32.2m wide, so it would be challenging for visitors to tour all areas of the ship within a limited time. In addition, the vessel’s structure is difficult to grasp just by looking only at the blueprints and photos. This initiative allows a simple, intuitive grasp of various on board areas.
In principle, this VR tool has no limit, assuming visitors have an internet connection.
This is not the first step that MOL takes into virtual reality. In October 2017, MOL announced the development of a mariner safety education tool goggle, which uses virtual reality (VR) technology created by Tsumiki Seisaku.
The tool uses VR technology to reenact various training scenarios and work operations, offering a new level of realism and immersion.
The new VR safety education tool works on easily portable VR goggles, allowing seafarers to train safely in any location, onboard or in an office or training center. This is expected to increase seafarers’ safety awareness and contribute to the minimization of onboard accidents caused by unsafe behavior.
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