Evaluation of virtual reality technology for control engineering

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dc.contributor.advisorBraae, Martinen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKuc, Bernarden_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-02T04:19:35Z
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dc.date.issued1999en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliography.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractVirtual Reality technology has over recent years become available for commercial use. Where initially it had only been available to research centres and the military, it is now accessible to the industrial and commercial sectors. What this dissertation covers is the suitability of the low cost end of the Virtual Reality hardware for use in Control Engineering. The use of Virtual Reality within Control Engineering could impart significant advantages over traditional control rooms currently in use in factories. The primary one, as rated by most commercial ventures, would be the cost saving of replacing all the physical hardware in a control room with virtual counter-parts in software. This is assuming that the Virtual Reality hardware will itself be of sufficiently low cost. The second is its ability to be used for operator training in instances where factors of safety and economics cannot allow for mistakes to be made on the real plant. A third advantage of a virtual control room, is its portability. As long as the factory can be accessed through some computer network, then the control room can be moved to any desired location. For example a copy of the control room for each factory can be maintained at head office where a chief engineer can occasionally check up on plant performance.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKuc, B. (1999). <i>Evaluation of virtual reality technology for control engineering</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16093en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKuc, Bernard. <i>"Evaluation of virtual reality technology for control engineering."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16093en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKuc, B. 1999. Evaluation of virtual reality technology for control engineering. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Kuc, Bernard AB - Virtual Reality technology has over recent years become available for commercial use. Where initially it had only been available to research centres and the military, it is now accessible to the industrial and commercial sectors. What this dissertation covers is the suitability of the low cost end of the Virtual Reality hardware for use in Control Engineering. The use of Virtual Reality within Control Engineering could impart significant advantages over traditional control rooms currently in use in factories. The primary one, as rated by most commercial ventures, would be the cost saving of replacing all the physical hardware in a control room with virtual counter-parts in software. This is assuming that the Virtual Reality hardware will itself be of sufficiently low cost. The second is its ability to be used for operator training in instances where factors of safety and economics cannot allow for mistakes to be made on the real plant. A third advantage of a virtual control room, is its portability. As long as the factory can be accessed through some computer network, then the control room can be moved to any desired location. For example a copy of the control room for each factory can be maintained at head office where a chief engineer can occasionally check up on plant performance. DA - 1999 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1999 T1 - Evaluation of virtual reality technology for control engineering TI - Evaluation of virtual reality technology for control engineering UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16093 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/16093
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKuc B. Evaluation of virtual reality technology for control engineering. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering, 1999 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16093en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Electrical Engineeringen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherElectrical Engineeringen_ZA
dc.titleEvaluation of virtual reality technology for control engineeringen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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