Ship Education and Training Program Using XR Technology by HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering

KR, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI), and HD Hyundai Marine Solution (HD HMS) have joined forces to create a ship education and training program using extended reality (XR) technology. The program will be developed at HD HHI’s Digital Convergence Center (DCC) in Ulsan, South Korea. The companies will use 360-degree footage of actual vessels and 3D CAD models to establish a virtual reality representation of ships and develop ship trial content for crew education and training.

HD KSOE plans to collaborate with HD HHI to integrate its digital twin solution, HiDTS, with KR’s ship familiarization education and training platform, KR-Real 360. HD HMS will provide the training content. KWON Byounghun, Executive Vice President and Head of Digital Research Lab at HD KSOE, expressed his expectations for the technology, stating that the realistic ship education and training system will enable customers to quickly adapt to changes in onboard operating systems, such as digitalization and decarbonization. KIM Daeheon, Executive Vice President of KR’s R&D Division, emphasized the significance of developing a solution applicable to shipyards and shipping companies, leveraging KR’s capabilities in XR technology and HD Hyundai’s expertise in ship designing and verification.

The collaboration aims to enhance technical support for customers and enable the proactive utilization of the latest digital technologies in the maritime industry.

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