UCN presented projects

UCN presented projects that show the multiple applications of these technologies in the area.


Take a virtual tour showing how it worked over a hundred years ago casting silver now converted into the Ruins of Huanchaca, or facilitate the maintenance of locomotives and mills in the mining industry without even touching them, are part of the new applications that have the virtual and augmented reality in the region of Antofagasta.(3d renderings chicago)
The use of this technology is here to stay, transforming the area into a national pioneer in the use of these cutting-edge tools that aim to change forever the way of understanding work in the driest desert in the world.
The user experience, equipment and operation were disclosed during the presentation of the projects that our University through the Faculty of Engineering and Geological Sciences, promoted in this area and are aimed at training new professionals and facilitate productive activities in partnership with local industry.(3d architectural renderings)

EXPOSITION
Facilities Atacama Desert Museum were where academics and business executives scenario showed the full potential of these developments and the utility is already being applied successfully in the region. At the site also it held an exhibition where were exhibited instruments and the latest developments in the field.
Augmented reality (AR) is an emerging technology where two worlds coexist: the real and virtual, allowing users to expand their sensory skills through additional information that is added through synthetic three-dimensional models that incorporate image, sound or other elements that stimulate complement and human perception.
Instruments such as glasses and tablets, among others, provide information in real time and facilitate the work of operators, resulting in reduced costs and increased efficiency in the work.
Through a project of the Investment Fund for Competitiveness of the Region of Antofagasta (FIC-R), the UCN had access to resources that, among other benefits, allowed to acquire tablets with high-resolution graphics capabilities.(architectural renderings)
Among regional companies that incorporated this technology is the Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia (FCAB), which has launched a project of RA that allows the handling of seven pieces of locomotives in 3D mode, which facilitates the handling of the operator and maintenance workers.
The impact of integrating this technology into the company as graphic Engineer Studies FCAB, Guillermo Urzua: "With augmented reality now can add virtual information to help us in our training processes and repair locomotives. The limit is the imagination, "said the executive.
Positive is also the opinion of Senior Process Engineer Minera Esperanza, Francisco Melo, who said that the incorporation of this application has a direct impact on the planning of maintenances of SAG mills of the company, which sum benefits in the sector operator training. "We ensure that the pieces will be well assembled and allows workers to know and learn what consists the mill," he said.

TEACHING AND TOURISM
Incorporating Virtual Reality technology also has a direct impact on higher education in the area.
Through two MECESUP projects, the UCN is located at the forefront in Chile by adding these devices to support teaching content to students attending the last years of professional cycling. Thus, the youth of the Faculty of Engineering and Geological Sciences can access examples of Virtual Reality related to the subjects they deal with, and link this way theoretical knowledge with 3D representations that favor their familiarity with the environments in the future will be their work environment.(3d rendering company)
Secretary of the Teaching Unit, Gloria Giacaman, highlights that this is a pioneer in the country experience: "In the United States new foundations are being formed to develop the Virtual and Augmented Reality in Education; and we are applying and four years ago. "
The academic said that the development areas include education, business and services. In the latter, he puts emphasis on applications that these tools can be in museums.
"We will present a project that shows through Virtual Reality Route de la Plata and, of course, the Ruins of Huanchaca working. This project would be developed in stages over a period of three years. "
This potential in the field of education and tourism was also appreciated by the Director of the ruins Foundation Hunchback, Paula Baltic, who explained that working together with the UCN means a new strategy for museum visitors can acquire more knowledge during his tour of the premises. "It will allow the visits more interactive and entertaining," he said.
He said this is an unprecedented initiative in the museums of the region and that its application initially involve incorporating virtual images in rooms 1 and 2 of the establishment, who are dedicated to spreading the geological formation in northern Chile. "No doubt it will be a support to educational work, because it uses a new strategy to deliver the knowledge that we are contributing to the community of Antofagasta" he said.