Virtual and augmented reality is getting closer and closer to our everyday way of life, which is evidenced by the increasing support and use of digitization elements. In addition to the entertainment and gaming sphere, however, this element is an excellent means for educational focus, a perfect example of which is the Slovak power plant project in Piešťany. One of the many national monuments has undergone a recent revitalization in the sense of expanding awareness of the former electricity production, part of which is its presentation in virtual reality. This project was taken care of by the architect who, on the basis of contemporary plans and documents, accurately reconstructed the materials for transferring the digital image into virtual reality. The research project was finalized by the co-authors of the reconstruction of the power plant from the Faculty of Architecture of the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, and the result is really worth it.
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The main idea of the project was to bring the former visual of a similar power plant closer to today's generation. The creators thought about the best way to project this experience into an educational yet engaging form, and virtual reality appeared to be the best way. With the help of this adaptation, the authors created a fun, educational and above all authentic environment of an industrial monument. After the positive responses and the success of the project, the authors, in cooperation with various VR groups, created an application with which it is possible to visit the power plant in Piešťany. The application includes various tasks in which students get to know the technology of the time, which is realistically digitized in more than 360 excellently constructed scenes.
The idea of touring the power plant, which was built in 1906, would be a utopian fantasy without the use of virtual reality. This is one of the first power plants of its kind in the territory of the former Austria-Hungary, which is also excellently visible in individual shots. The power plant operated until the end of the Second World War, while after 1945 all equipment, including internal combustion engines, was removed from it. Until the 90s of the last century, it only worked for energy transformation, but through visualization we can go back to the times when this device was still working at full speed.
Informal education is again a little closer to its true essence, almost 100% participants report positive responses. Despite the fact that the vision of implementing similar educational elements into modern education in countries such as Slovakia or the Czech Republic is higher than it used to be, this is only an isolated project. However, the potential of virtual reality is underutilized even on a global scale, which is caused by insufficient resources for its complete adaptation in education and training. At the moment, this is only the distant music of the future, but perhaps a similar method of education will catch on much more over time. Below you can enjoy a presentation video that brings you closer to the experience of a virtual tour of the power plant.
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