Construction and Evaluation of a Laboratory Stand for Testing MV Switchgears Using VR Technology in the Power Industry
Tadeusz Daszczyński, Kacper Berdek, Dariusz Naruszewicz · Lecture notes in networks and systems · 2023
Abstract The purpose of this study was to build and evaluate a laboratory stand for testing MV switchgears using VR technology in the power industry. In the course of work, an exemplary program of operation of the application created by PRADMA was developed. The developed program was designed to effectively introduce the application user to the basic information about moving the virtual avatar, interacting with the prepared elements, and to provide information on the construction of the MV switchgear and its components. In order to confirm the advantages of VR technology and the quality of the developed VR application program, tests of the VR application were carried out with the help of students of the Warsaw University of Technology. The results of the evaluation questionnaire created for the purposes of the tests were used to develop conclusions regarding the use of VR in the power industry. The evaluation questionnaire questions related to key issues such as the quality of the mapped virtual elements, the level of realism preserved in the virtual environment, the effectiveness of the developed program or the substantive values of the entire exercise. The summary contains the answer to the theses put forward in the paper regarding the profitability and usefulness of using VR applications in the power industry.