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VR at the Digitaltag 2018

byNathalie
September 1, 2018
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On Thursday, 25 October 2018, the second national Digital Day will take place with more than 80 free events at a dozen locations across the country. Of course, various VR applications are also on the programme. 

How is digitalisation changing our view of the world? How does it influence our everyday life? Here you can find all the activities of our 70 partner organisations, which will take place in twelve cities and show a variety of perspectives within and beyond the borders of digitalisation. Activities are planned in Zurich, Geneva, Lugano, Basel, Bern, Chur, Fribourg, Lausanne, Lucerne, Yverdon-les-Bains, Sion, St. Gallen and Vaduz.

With critical discussions on the seven topics: Education, Health, Mobility, Lifestyle, Work 4.0, Media & News, My Data, the day specifically promotes dialogue. Throughout the day, the partners will be available to answer questions.

Virtual visitor tour through a parcel centre

Swiss Post invites visitors to discover a parcel centre on a virtual tour. It shows how digital technology enables new services in logistics. You can experience first-hand how the highly complex computer-controlled high-tech conveyor system works, which not only allows parcels to be sorted in a timely, reliable and gentle manner, but also enables a variety of new services thanks to the digital technology used in the background.

Virtual reality drone flight

Swiss Post is also at the forefront of the development and use of drones in logistics. With the virtual reality simulator, visitors can experience an impressive flight with an autonomously flying drone over Lake Zurich. Through the use of a full motion movement platform, visitors should completely forget within a few seconds that they are "only" in a simulator.

World premiere with HEGIAS

HEGIAS is a start-up based in Zurich with a development team in Lugano. It is launching the world's first browser-based content management system for virtual reality. In a first step, this will be used for the visualisation of planned construction projects.

"Anyone who has experienced high-end virtual reality with HEGIAS will never again build a house without first taking a virtual tour. We want to represent the many Swiss start-ups that are further developing the digitalisation of our everyday lives on a daily basis and, in doing so, make it possible for visitors to the Digitaltag to experience a concrete product. With HEGIAS, we show that digitalisation and virtual reality can create great added value, not only for the planning industry, but also for our daily lives," says Patrik Marty, CEO/CMO of HEGIAS.
On Digital Day, visitors to the Zurich and Lugano stations will be able to experience HEGIAS together for the first time in public as a world premiere - in other words, users will be able to see each other and communicate with each other in the virtual world of a real construction project.

Augmented Reality at Ringier: How a printed newspaper merges with digital content

A newspaper page that moves, with music and video? Interactive 3D graphics? With augmented reality (AR), printed newspapers merge with digital content. In technical jargon, this is called: Interactive Print. In the BLICK Arena, visitors can discover the possibilities of augmented reality.

So it will be exciting!

Source: Digitaltag

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