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Towards the Workplace of the Future--With Virtual Reality
Experts will present the latest developments and research on augmented and virtual reality this week at the Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC) conference at Germany's Bielefeld University.
Credit: CITEC/Bielefeld University
Business and academic experts this week will present the latest developments and research on augmented and virtual reality at the Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC) conference at Germany's Bielefeld University.
"With virtual reality, we can generate spaces and situations that help people learn to perform occupational duties," says CITEC organizer Thies Pfeiffer.
Among the research featured at CITEC is ICSpace, a virtual training environment in which a virtual character coaches users on sports exercises.
Meanwhile, the Adamaas project spotlights data glasses that help cognitively challenged wearers complete daily tasks.
Studies on virtual and augmented reality presented at the conference will include the concept of a hardware/software-testing reality simulator, which can aid application programmers in both small- and large-scale settings.
A key CITEC event will be the "Virtual and Augmented Reality for the Workplace of the Future" contest, with competing teams each providing a research prototype to be evaluated by an expert jury.
"Training in 'reality' would require considerable resources, and students need a lot of space," Pfeiffer says. "In virtual reality, however, students and trainees can practice at their own pace until the processes become second nature."
From Bielefeld University (Germany)
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