Motion capture technology originated in the life science market for gait analysis but also used by visual effects (VFX) studios, sports therapists, neuroscientists, and for validation and control of computer vision and robotics.<\/p>\n Sessions tailored to miners are a lifelike \u201cgame\u201d for trainees that need to adapt to the harsh conditions of mine blasting<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n Anglo engaged Pretoria-based STS3D, a company specializing in safety training solutions for the mining industry, and STS3D partnered with Vicon, a motion capture developer with offices in the US and UK to create virtual reality (VR) training experiences.<\/p>\n Sessions tailored to miners are a lifelike \u201cgame\u201d for both trainees that need to adapt to the harsh conditions of mine blasting.<\/p>\n Tim Massey, Vicon product manager, said use of the technology has much potential in mining, and a key differentiator is that trainees learn from mistakes made during gaming.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can be in a different scenario just by changing the setting. [It] has emotional impact \u2013 which is hugely relevant in building an effective training experience. It has a huge impact on learning,\u201d Massey told MINING.COM.<\/p>\n Johan Bouwer, head of new product development at STS3D, said the team aimed to apply the idea of video game play to mine safety training.<\/p>\n \u201cAnimation play made it easy to create. With the revitalization of VR, [it] became cost effective for the enterprise community,\u201d Bouwer said.<\/p>\n Bouwer said training centers are built around the need to train miners how to block off a blast wall, and drill on red dots, and tight timing sequencing was an issue. <\/p>\n \u201cThe problem was people were not marking properly. If you can get your blast correct \u2013 the value saves money,\u201d Bouwer said.<\/p>\n Vicon and STS3D developed the VR wall, and used basic tracking technology to simulate painting on the wall \u2013 they have planted six VR walls for training in South Africa. <\/p>\n \u201cAnglo needed a VR stope \u2013 the problem was we needed to tag direction, centre lines, and that has to be precisely accurate,\u201d Bouwer said.<\/p>\n This technology, when used in the VR stope creates an experience that is visceral, and when tests go wrong \u2013 there is a virtual blast, complete with sound effects, and within the frame of the VR game, the trainee experiences a\u00a0 \u2018virtual death\u2019, which Bouwer said, \u201cyou can\u2019t possibly forget.\u201d<\/p>\n “This gives the miners a real fright. They\u2019ll remember their error. Since you are fully immersed in the virtual mine, there\u2019s no room for distraction. You\u2019re on high alert all the time while marking a pattern on the rock face for the drill operators. And when you detonate the blast, the rock flies \u2013 creating a very vivid, a very memorable experience,” said Bouwer.<\/p>\n When a trainee makes a \u2018fatal\u2019 mistake \u2013 the rules of the game are that the miner has to start over. <\/p>\n Bouwer said he believes this approach can revolutionize how people are trained in mines, and can have the greatest impact where miners aren\u2019t fully literate, as there is no need to read training manuals.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s \u2018serious games\u2019 \u2013 you get so engrossed in the game you forget virtual reality and the audience watching you get so engrossed in the program \u2013 it becomes reality,\u201d Bouwer said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Anglo American is creating virtual reality training experiences at some platinum mines in South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2648,624,369,2857,2640],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205033"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1205033"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1205075,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205033\/revisions\/1205075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1205033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1205033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1205033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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