Cambridge Technicals in IT

Welcome to Cambridge Technicals in IT. We look forward to seeing you in September. One of the mandatory coursework units that you will cover is Virtual and Augmented Reality. These tasks will introduce you to this unit and give you a headstart into the content that will be covered.

Task 1:

In a Word document in your own words

1) Describe your understanding of what Virtual reality (VR) means. Note that this is not the hardware used to run VR such as PSVR/Oculus Rift but what VR actually is.

Task 2:

Read this article:

How Is The Military Using VR? Technology Used For Training, Remote Guidance And Assistance, And More (ibtimes.com)

Task 3:

Watch this video:

Virtual Reality: The Future Of Military Training - YouTube

And

Virtual Reality Training For The Emergency Services - BBC Click - YouTube

Task 4:

Write a report of at least a page on how VR is used in

• VR in the military

• VR for Emergency services

These 2 articles should be in your OWN words but you can include quotes/references but you need to be clear where your source is from.

Challenge:

Research into other areas of Vr use in :

• Health care and surgery (training, simulations)

• Architecture

• Business

• Education

• Entertainment, leisure and the media (tourism, games, museums)