Virtual reality glasses (virtual reality goggles) are now being used by students at the Trade School in Bad Mergentheim. Obtained by DigitalPakt Schule. District Director Christoph Schuder, along with department chair Ursula Mohlic and Bad Mergentheim trade school president Peter Worl, have discovered potential uses for the glasses, the district office reported.
Main-Tauber-Kreis, as the school authority, continues to work on the digitization of vocational schools with financial support from the Digital Charter, in order to be well-equipped for the future when it comes to student education, District Director Schuder was quoted as saying. Investments are funded by the federal and state governments. The financing amount is usually 80 percent of the purchase costs.
Virtual reality glasses are two small screens built into the housing and positioned like glasses. These are also known as “head-mounted displays” and make it possible to immerse yourself in a virtual world. With the help of the motion sensors in the glasses and using two hand controllers, you can move freely in the virtual world.
Almost immersed in the person’s body
School Principal Wöhrle and subject teachers, Andreas Amann and Michael Schurk, explained the specific uses of the new eyeglasses to the district administrator. It is designed in such a way that it is easy to clean and disinfect and therefore is used by different classes. Initially, the glasses will be used mainly in the Ministry of Health to train medical staff. There are already many programs in the field of e-health through which school children can almost enter a person’s body. As a result, the human body with its organs, muscles and bones becomes more flexible. It can also simulate the “target disease” of the organs.
There are also exciting application areas in electronics and electrical technician training. Pupils can use the glasses to make repairs, for example in control cabinets, in a virtual substation. In the department of metallurgy and cars, for example, almost schoolchildren can disassemble and reassemble the transmission.
“The new thing is the gamification that the learning will take, or simply: the learning will be more playful,” says Headteacher Wöhrle. Some companies in the region are already training their trainees with the help of virtual reality, concluded the press release.
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