PINT OF SCIENCE
FESTIVAL
Let’s get virtual!
Virtual Reality is a multi-faceted technology that finds its usage mostly in entertainment and marketing. Visitors are invited to learn about the technology of Virtual Reality and especially its usage in scientific research. As a highlight, the visitors are invited to experience different VR studies themselves. This includes scenarios like for example becoming a designer and create an own waiting room for public transport, experiencing bicycle simulations in urban environments, encountering autonomous vehicles, and more!
Wednesday 22 May - From 6.00pm
Market and Food Centre at Blk 724 Ang Mo Kio, Singapore 560724
Supported by:
FREE EVENT!
Kids Friendly
Join us to experience virtual reality and talk to the experts in your Hawker Centre!
Sebastian Stadler
Research Associate, TUMCREATE
Visitors are invited to experience a range of TUMCREATE’s Virtual Reality applications and studies. One of our highlights is the interactive design configurator in which the visitor can design a waiting room for public transport including room dimensions, colour schemes, lighting, and more! Furthermore, the visitor can experience different scenarios that include autonomous vehicles in urban environments.
Michael van Eggermond
Senior Researcher and Module Coordinator of Engineering Mobility, Future Cities Laboratory
Visitors have the chance to experience immersive three dimensional content of an experiment that was conducted in Virtual Reality in order to evaluate bicycle tracks in urban environments.