Development work for autonomous vessels is boosted by Kongsberg’s 1m€ support to TUAS
Co-operation between Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS) and the Norwegian industrial group Kongsberg is accelerating the development work of autonomous vehicles. Kongsberg will provide state of the art equipment to TUAS worth more than one million euros that can develop independent and remotely controlled shipping. According to Anton Westerlund Kongsberg, Director of Remote Operation Solutions,...
TUAS MarISOT research on next generation VR training wins the best paper award is the prestigious AFHE2021 Conference.
The Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS) and the research group on Futuristic Interactive Technologies win and other prestigious distinction in the AFHE2021 International conference were more than 3.000 papers presented.
The paper ‘Human Computer Interaction opportunities in Hand Tracking and Finger recognition in Ship Engine Room VR Training’ written by Prof. Dr....
Futuristic Interactive Technologies Turku Competence Center Organizing Spinverse Ltd Summer day in Virtual Reality Social Platform
FIT Turku Competence Center, an innovation center operated by Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS), organized in mid June Spinverse Ltd Summer Party in virtual reality. “We decided to create a modular environment, made to be modified easily, that can suit our needs for this and any future event”, explains Project Engineer Panagiotis Markopoulos, the virtual...
Young researcher indicates the adaptation of VR in maritime training for the post Covid-19 era.
Miss Stavrula Iliadi, an undergraduate student at Hult International Business School, London Campus, delivered her dissertation capstone with an outstanding research contribution on the adaptation of futuristic Interactive technologies in the maritime and shipping industry.
The dissertation titled ‘Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Implementation of Virtual Reality Training in...
MarISOT
MarISOT – Maritime Immersive Safe Oceans Technology
Technology Overview
The competitiveness and development of the maritime sector together with the continuous effort on increasing operations performance while reducing operational costs, drives the needs for on-board effective and qualitative training safety related issues. Virtual reality (VR) has been considered by classification societies and training organizations as a technology that can significantly improve seafarer’s performance...
Prof Dr. Evangelos Markopoulos and Mr John Faraclas testing the MarSEVR technology
Impressive advances in TUAS Maritime Safety Education work: VR Technology for Command Bridge tested in London
Prof Evangelos Markopoulos and Prof Mika Luimula of the Game Lab of Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS) Research Group of Futuristic Interactive Technologies, and Panagiotis Markopoulos, PhD student in the doctorate programme of mathematics and computer science at the University of Turku, tested the...
l to r: Prof. Mika Luimula, Panos Markopoulos, and Prof. Evangelos Markopoulos
Hand Recognition and Finger Tracking technology integrated in the TUAS MarSEVR (Maritime Safety Education with VR Technology) Command Bridge Safety VR Technology
A further advance has been made in the technology of virtual reality training for safe bridge operation by ship crew.
Prof Evangelos Markopoulos and Prof Mika Luimula of the Game Lab of the Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS) Research Group of...