"Post-Corona Response" Safety and Health Corporation, 'VR Safety Training' Public Institution MOU

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bo-kyung] The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, Korea East-West Power, Korea Water Resources Corporation, and Korea Land and Housing Corporation, four public institutions, signed a win-win cooperation agreement on the 23rd to expand virtual reality (VR) education.

This agreement was prepared to promote experiential safety education using VR technology, reflecting the social atmosphere where the importance of industrial accident prevention and interest in non-face-to-face education are increasing.

The cooperating institutions will develop 225 types of safety and health VR educational materials by the end of this year. The educational materials are designed to allow indirect experience of hazardous situations in virtual reality and to learn safe work methods, enhancing educational immersion. Topics were selected based on types and tasks where fatal accidents frequently occur.

In particular, by unifying the data management methods among the institutions, they resolved the issue where materials produced by other institutions could not be utilized due to differences in development methods and equipment.

Not only will data be shared among public institutions, but the materials will also be made available for safety and health education to partner companies of each institution and private workplaces.

So far, 465 types of safety and health VR educational materials developed by the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency are available at the agency's dedicated safety and health VR hall.

Ko Gwang-jae, Head of Education and Public Relations at the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, stated, "As we enter the post-COVID-19 era, new methods are required for safety and health education. We hope that the high-quality VR educational materials developed through this cooperation agreement will be widely used and contribute to the prevention of industrial accidents."

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