Kathryn Bishop says we have the potential to build an entirely virtual railway – something she says is one of our most exciting innovations.
从凯瑟琳，媒体学习和发展专家了解出来，为什么铁路是追求技术激情的最佳场所之一。
This国际妇女节，Kathryn中的特色新旗舰电影告诉年轻人在英国，铁路正在改变越来越好。Watch the full film we made in partnership with train operator Southeastern.
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如何在网络轨道上使用虚拟现实？亚搏彩票软件官网
We now use virtual reality in all safety critical courses… The reason we're doing this is because virtual reality – or VR – allows us to [give our people] the experience of practicing something in a reality-based environment that really sort of does immerse you whilst being in a completely safe environment like a classroom compared to like going out on track… We’re getting into practice being on track without putting them in that danger zone.
这项新技术也是如此？
不是necessarily… It's an innovative technology for railway training… What we are looking into is a new type of virtual reality, which is almost if you imagine going into the videogame the Sims and you design your own houses and neighbourhoods. That's what we would do with the railway instead. So we will be able to build our own depots our own railway tracks and environments and, theoretically, and hopefully one day, practically create the entire map of [Britain’s railway]. It's fully immersive. You go in there and you feel like you are in the real world…
You can make mistakes on the track. You can make mistakes in your job that you're practicing for… and you'll experience the repercussions visually and perhaps audibly but you weren't actually harmed.
在这些场景中，将有分支机构......他们必须做出决定，然后根据他们的决定，它把它们掉下到了一条旅程的......所以他们实际上可以看到他们的决定的反应关闭......
The potential of virtual reality is almost limitless, I'd say. You really can replicate reality in any form. You could build entire buildings if you wanted to. You could build the railway track and we could actually teach people how to do that.
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Is this the most exciting time for innovation on the railway?
I'd say it's very exciting or rewarding because we're now actually experiencing the innovative technologies being launched and pushed and we are experiencing feedback from [our people]… and how they've improved the course, which is absolutely phenomenal.
And in terms of future in an innovative technology, we are continuously looking into that now we almost have an entire section looking into the future on what we're going to do and how we're going to apply it… We’re continuously watching this space to make sure that we can keep up with the technology evolution…
我已经合作了......同样的技术，但从来没有与铁路努力实现的相同规模，从来没有相同的规模......老实说，成千上万，可能接近100,000 [包括承包商] ......要做这个并实现这一点所有英国所有人的创新技术都是特殊的。
Do you enjoy your job?
It’s a very engaging job because every day you're learning something new and then at the end of the process, you get to pass on to others, which is very rewarding… Going out on track can be dangerous… Creating the training that is hopefully going to prevent them from getting hurt or going to minimise these dangers and risks by preparing them… in terms of their behaviours on the railway as well is absolutely phenomenal. It's an extremely rewarding feeling I'm very proud of.
What’s is like working at Network Rail?
亚搏彩票软件官网网络轨道是一个梦幻般的工作场所。这是我在整个职业生涯中工作的最多样化和接受的地方。鼓励你只是成为你的真实自我。它几乎就像他们拉出了真实自我的优势而不是你说，'哦，不适合其他人'。他们真的鼓励原创性和唯一性......它是完全开放和接受的。这是一个很好的工作环境。
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