Virtual Reality Training for Fire Safety Education Integrated with the Oculus Rift

A 3D user interface that allows users to conduct activities and feel the results is known as Virtual Reality (VR). Instead of being a linear animation with predetermined camera movement, VR can be thought of as a multidimensional real-time simulation. VR users can walk around freely in a virtual area, which is impossible with pre-rendered visuals of a 3D scene. VR training for fire safety education has been designed to help people learn certain information and prepare themselves for a fire accident. This app has gained crucial exposure to fire safety and fire exercises. Every department should provide fire training to everyone. However, fire drills usually take a lot of expense and time. Eventually, fire drills were implemented in an abbreviated period in which most people only watched the demos from the firefighters and usually, it was held once a year. During fire training sessions, not everyone can physically use the fire extinguishers, resulting in the objectives of briefings by firefighters not being achieved, and most people still lack awareness of using fire extinguishers. Thus, the virtual reality fire drill application with Oculus Rift integration can provide safety education in a more practical and attractive form.

Computer Science, Immersive Technology, Virtual Reality

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