VR for Maritime Safety Training

Research Project, 2025 – 2026

The Lighthouse study ”VR till sjöss” showed that VR (virtual
reality) technology could provide many benefits to maritime
safety training. This project aims to demonstrate how VR can
be made useful and available to Swedish ship operators.
 
Activities:
 
Selection of training cases: Defining requirements for a set of
cases, e.g. critical components and aspects of realism. Selection
is based on literature, operator feedback and previous research
on ship fire management and evacuation.
 
Teaching and learning: Literature study and project exchange
to determine how learning can be maximized using VR, how
students and teachers can interact and how sensor data can
provide students with feedback.
 
Implementation: Investigation of target groups and how VR
may complement existing training. We will also investigate
barriers and ways of ensuring broad availability of VR
technology.
 
Development criteria: Time-related, technical and economical
parameters to provide dimensions for a larger research project.