Onboarding new employees for complex maintenance and repair tasks can take several month of supervision by experienced staff.
Virtual Reality (VR) is an upcoming technology that offers fundamentally new possibilities for training operators on complex problem solving tasks, hence greatly reducing the training time. This project aims at developing a new VR application to train an operator for a multiple-step maintenance procedure. The project will be carried out in collaboration with SBB.
Onboarding new employees for complex maintenance and repair tasks can take several month of supervision by experienced staff.
Virtual Reality (VR) is an upcoming technology that offers fundamentally new possibilities for training operators on complex problem solving tasks, hence greatly reducing the training time. This project aims at developing a new VR application to train an operator for a multiple-step maintenance procedure. The project will be carried out in collaboration with SBB.
You will implement a training application for Occulus Quest 2 using Unity 3D game engine & C# and validate it in regular user tests. The final app version will be evaluated in a larger user study. A VR prototype has previously been developed at pdz and will serve as a starting point to build the training setup.
You will implement a training application for Occulus Quest 2 using Unity 3D game engine & C# and validate it in regular user tests. The final app version will be evaluated in a larger user study. A VR prototype has previously been developed at pdz and will serve as a starting point to build the training setup.
- enthusiasm for industrial applications - good programming skills (experience with C# is beneficial but not mandatory) - open personality, good communication skills - very structured and independent way of working
Success in product development depends heavily on the competence and skills of teams and individuals. This is why we dedicate our research to create knowledge that enables the value-adding use of new technologies - and to make this knowledge tangible and teachable. Industrial and clinical needs are the driving forces for our interdisciplinary research. Our work is distinguished by a variety of methods, ranging from simulation to validation of real applications. Our research changes the way we develop products, and our expertise changes the way we create sustainable value.
Success in product development depends heavily on the competence and skills of teams and individuals. This is why we dedicate our research to create knowledge that enables the value-adding use of new technologies - and to make this knowledge tangible and teachable. Industrial and clinical needs are the driving forces for our interdisciplinary research. Our work is distinguished by a variety of methods, ranging from simulation to validation of real applications. Our research changes the way we develop products, and our expertise changes the way we create sustainable value.
- Occulus Quest 2 - Build a VR training application for a complex maintenance procedure - Learn working with the GameEngine "Unity 3D" and C# - Collaboration with SBB (as part of the ETH Mobility Initiative)
Please send your CV, list of grades and short motivation letter together with a description of your skills, experience, and prior projects to Julian Wolf (wolfju@ethz.ch)
Please send your CV, list of grades and short motivation letter together with a description of your skills, experience, and prior projects to Julian Wolf (wolfju@ethz.ch)