Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems, Volume 11

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15439/2017F376

Citation: Proceedings of the 2017 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, M. Ganzha, L. Maciaszek, M. Paprzycki (eds). ACSIS, Vol. 11, pages 1297–1300 (2017)

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Abstract. Fire safety education is essential to every student on campus. Fire safety knowledge learning and operational practice are both important. There is evidence that the virtual reality (VR) based educational method can be a novel and effective approach to learning and practice. However, the existing VR-based system for fire safety education has some shortcomings such as lack of interactivity and high equipment complexity, resulting in low practicability. In order to improve the effect of fire safety education on campus, this paper establishes the model and architecture of fire safety education system based on VR technology. The framework and various elements of fire safety education system are designed and implemented according to the combination of relevant fire safety education theory and VR technology. Finally the prototype version of fire safety education system based on VR technology is built on the HTC VIVE helmet equipment. Through the usability test and comparative analysis of the application experiment, the experiment results prove the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed approach.

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