A VR app developed in Austria with Samsung will in future be used in driving technique training for novice drivers and motorcyclists.
Anyone who talks on the phone at the wheel of a vehicle or is distracted by a ringing Mobile phone distracted is taking a great risk. In future, this message is to be conveyed to novice drivers more forcefully than ever before by means of virtual reality. This is made possible by a Samsung Gear VR glasses and the app "Samsung Drive", which was developed by Samsung and the ÖAMTC.
True to the motto "learning by experiencing", VR technology reproduces 360° content in an exceptionally lifelike way - including dangerous situations in road traffic. By looking through the Gear VR glasses, the user has the feeling of being behind the wheel of a car.
The app shows how quickly an accident happens
With Gear VR equipped, you can visit the "Samsung Drive" app can select three (in future four) different scenarios. In one scenario, you sit in the driver's seat of a Cars and drives along a straight road. There is oncoming traffic and you recognises a cyclist in front of him. Suddenly, a smartphone starts ringing in the centre console. If you look at the display and avert your gaze from the road long enough, an accident happens. The person wearing VR glasses immediately receives a message telling him what he did wrong in this situation. If he reacts only briefly or not at all to the smartphone distraction, he remains accident-free.
Other scenarios that can be experienced in this way are dedicated to the familiar 3-S look before overtaking or driving on sight.
An application is also planned for motorcyclists
In the ÖAMTC driving technique centres, Samsung Gear VR is now used in all multi-phase courses. In the course of the year, a VR simulation on gaze technique while riding a motorbike will be added. "We want to make virtual reality available to all our participants. ÖAMTC Fahrtechnik uses this innovative and groundbreaking technology to raise awareness of critical situations and thus make an additional contribution to greater road safety. After the virtual experience, under the guidance of our instructors, participants can experience on the training tracks, among other things, the effects that just one second of distraction has on stopping distances," explains Franz Schönbauer, Managing Director of ÖAMTC Fahrtechnik.
Source: Samsung / Futurezone / Youtube
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