Exploring further - a look into future applications for the SOSc

Of course, the development of the Seven Oceans Simulator centre continues apace. Firstly, we will focus on getting all the SOSc facilities up to their full potential. But there is more. We will forge ahead in exploring new possibilities to make ships and operations safer, cleaner and more efficient by offering the most realistic immersive simulations of interactions between people, ships-installations-infrastructure and the environment.

Here we highlight a few nice examples. Human Centred Design can only be implemented fully if we can involve crews more during the design process through experimentation. At the moment, we are just scratching the surface of the possibilities that Extended Reality technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality and for instance, haptics can offer. Examples are certainly not limited to simulations of deck handling operations and augmented visual support for captains and mates on the bridge. Even the optimal ship bridge of the future can be developed in an immersive virtual environment together with the ship’s future operators.