Putting It All Together (Part One)

Group Members: Mark Chen, Justin Donayre, Frank Buttafuoco, Brent Yurek

Justin in a video call, with group members, Brent, Mark, Frank in class.

Proposal - VR Rescuer

Our proposal is to create a virtual reality program that simulated being a rescuer during a ship disaster(a large ship sinking). If this becomes more popular and successful, this could branch out to other disasters such as train derailments, explosions, or fires. The goal of VR Rescuer would be to save passengers during the disaster, and taking them to safety. With VR Rescuer, we hope to reduce as many causalities as possible in an disaster.

Scenarios

1. There are passengers still on the ship. You are tasked to rescue them. Varying scenarios included would include passengers behind locked doors, passengers behind fallen debris, passengers behind fires. There could also be debris in the way or falling debris.

2. There are passengers in the water who are struggling to stay afloat. You are tasked to through lifelines (the rescue donuts or life vests) to them.

3. There are passengers in the water who are struggling to stay afloat. You are on a rescue boat and have to drive the boat to drowning passengers.

4. There are frantic passengers running in your direction to get to safety. You are tasked to maneuver through them to get to the passengers in danger.

5. There is fire in the water, with passengers in the water. You are tasked to swim and maneuver around the fire and help the passengers.

6. There are frantic passengers. You are tasked to distribute passengers to safety boats.

Sketch of various scenarios that would be in VR Rescuer

Training

VR Rescuer would include training for the following:

1. CPR

2. Driving a rescue boat

3. Throwing lifelines

4. Getting through a locked door

5. Getting through fallen debris

6. Directing traffic of passengers

7.Keeping crowds contained behind barriers

Data

SS Eastland Disaster Statistics

• 844 of 2,572+ people killed
• Turned over due to weight of life boats and jackets
• ~70% of victims were under the age of 25

Sources

https://allthatsinteresting.com/ss-eastland-disaster