Digital Twin and Virtual Reality for Safety Training

Abstract

In this paper, our latest research related to digital twins and virtual reality environments for safety training purposes will be described and evaluated. We will present three practical use cases to outline the current maturity level of virtual reality technology for industrial environments. Two of our use cases are virtual reality applications for safety and emergency training scenarios. In addition, one use case is the implementation of a digital twin for off-site safety training. This use case presents a seamless real-time transfer of data between the physical and virtual worlds. Use cases were developed based on the needs of, and in co-operation with, local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The proposed affordable and simple approaches provide virtual safety training solutions that can be utilized by SMEs of different industries.