Virtrul Reality and Artificial Intelligence Support
Future Training Development
Miao Li 1, Lijuan Li1 , Risheng Jiao1 , Hongguang Xiao1
1. Training Center of Jilin Province,
State Grid Corporation of China
Changchun, China
e-mail 812830583@qq.com
Abstract— With the developing of modern training, advanced
requirements of training process such as creative, economical,
realistic, safety have been proposed. It is hard for tradition
training method to satisfy the training requirement of new
technology and equipment in the background of modern industry.
Traditional training methods were facing severe challenges. In
order to solve the complex technical training problem in the
modern industry background, we put forward the opinion that
virtual reality and artificial intelligence support the future
intelligent training. In this paper, we first presented virtual
reality technology as the foundation of future training facilities.
Then, we put forward artificial intelligence were the method of
generation of intelligent training cases. Following that, we stated
rewards the mode that it is resort to advanced big data and
information technology to complete base data collection of the
case and it is intelligent to generate case model with artificial
intelligence and machine learning. To illustrate those points, we
provided a case of virtual reality applying in training system
simulation field for power system two overhaul, including
problem proposition, solution concept, solution result and
application prospect. In the end, we summed up the whole paper.
The strategies and opinions put forward in this paper can not
only help us to understand virtual reality and artificial
intelligence’s effects in the process of building intelligent training
in the future but also render new ideas and inspirations for
experts working in virtual reality researching, machine learning
and artificial intelligent decision-making, power system
simulation and some related areas. Furthermore, it provided the
conceptual support for constructing intelligent training,
intelligent manufacture, as well as intelligent China.
Keywords—virtual reality; training; artificial intelligence
I. INTRODUCTION
Since the beginning of the 21st century, technology has
been developing at a rate that the world has never seen before.
New technologies in areas such as virtual reality, artificial
intelligence, big data, intelligent control, Internet of things, and
cloud computing are all around us. Virtual reality as a branch
of computer simulation,which developed so fast, has been used
in various fields such as artistic creation, medical science,
entertainment, aviation, space-fight, emergency drill and so on.
The field of training is an application area of computer
simulation technology. To fulfill the continuous increasing of
modern training requirement, computer simulation should
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provide much more real and efficient, intelligent and
manipulative system.
However, we found it challenging for the traditional
computer simulation to adapt to the demand of computer
simulation for high speed industry development. Thus, the
concept of virtual reality combined with artificial intelligence
to apply to computer simulation research came into being,
which established a new area. Namely, to realize a kind of
virtual reality system which is sensed real, clinging to practice,
suitable for requirement, with a thorough perception,
interactive ubiquitous simulation, intelligent fusion application,
has become the development direction of computer simulation
technology in the future[1,2,3]. It is revolutionary changes for
methods and models of training and teaching when we applied
computer simulation system with virtual reality combined with
artificial intelligence to training field[4,5,6].
In this paper, we first presented virtual reality technology as
the foundation of future training facilities. Then, we put
forward artificial intelligence were the method of generation of
intelligent training cases. Following that, we stated rewards the
mode that it is resort to advanced big data and information
technology to complete base data collection of the case and it is
intelligent to generate case model with artificial intelligence
and machine learning.
To illustrate those points, we provided a case of virtual
reality applying in training system simulation field for power
system two overhaul, including problem proposition, solution
concept, solution result and application prospect.
In the end, we summed up the whole paper. The strategies
and opinions put forward in this paper can not only help us to
understand virtual reality and artificial intelligence’s effects in
the process of building intelligent training in the future but also
render new ideas and inspirations for experts working in virtual
reality researching, machine learning and artificial intelligent
decision-making, power system simulation and some related
areas. Furthermore, it provided the conceptual support for
constructing intelligent training, intelligent manufacture, as
well as intelligent China.
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II. VIRTUAL REALITY IS THE FOUNDATION OF FUTURE TRAINING
FACILITIES
A. The application depth of virtual reality decides the scale
and extent of the future training
The virtual reality dated back to 1960s, which was brewed
by sound dynamic simulation. Over fifty years of development,
it has become the mainstream of computer simulation
technology in the world due to its muti-degree perception
property, real sense of existence, extensive interactivity and
high degree of autonomy, which greatly improved the
application effect of computer simulation[7].
Traditional industry such as medicine,aerospace,mechanical
manufacturing and industrial simulation completed the product
design and research with the aid of virtual reality, which
greatly shorted the product research and development cycle.
And it improved R & D efficiency, and promoted the
development of productivity. Integrated virtual reality
simulation system which were professional and large-scale
emerged in many key areas[8,9].
At the same time, the development of virtual reality
technology has also opened up new application fields, which
constructed virtual reality in the new application areas such as
art design, interactive entertainment, emergency deduction,
education and training simulation. It created an new learning
method for knowledge and skills improvement since it
constructed autonomous and cooperative learning process with
interactive and feedback among information, environment and
learner. Thus, the learners can obtain knowledge and
experience by themselves via interactive and feedback leaning
process.
The deep application of virtual reality has not only
overcome the shortcoming in traditional training such as
limited resources, operation risks, inadequate training practices,
but also extended the technical skills training area. Virtual
reality combined with advanced information technology and
artificial intelligence could intelligently simulate the right
corresponding scene, which broke the boundary of time and
space of training, and reflected the value of education and
training to the utmost[10, 11].
B. The application quality of virtual reality determines the
future training effect
Virtual reality applied deeply in education played a key role
in the development of education and training methods.
However, the progress of technological means merely provided
a possibility to improve training effectiveness. It depended on
the deepen researches on the application object such as
working processes, actual equipment, operating procedures,
technical difficulties analysis to let technology play its part.
Further more, as long as virtual reality exactly accorded with
real working process and scenery and added the proper case,
the advantages of virtual reality can be flowered to improve the
training effect [12,13].
To sum up, the application depth of virtual reality decided
the scale and extent of the future training. As long as it is
exactly fulfill the premise such according application object,
fulfilling real work process and satisfied the training
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requirement, the virtual reality technology could really apply to
reality.
III. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WERE THE METHOD OF
GENERATION OF INTELLIGENT TRAINING CASES
A. Advanced big data and information technology completed
the base data collection for the case
If we want virtual reality simulation system exactly
according to real practice, the vivid scene was necessary.
Besides, we should depend on software superiority to generate
various training cases which draw materials from real work
scene to make training more meaningful. With the aid of
advanced information and data processing technique,we can
attain this goal via constructing faults base which based on real
fault cases. For example , simulation for power system two
overhaul, we can resort on advanced information and data
processing technique to analyze and count the reason why it
faulted. Since we deal with the real fault cases, we can
construct the abnormal and fault base which caused by
equipment,environment or external broken. Virtual reality
system imitated these fault cause and phenomenon all aspects
of real work, which can cover variety types of fault.
B. Artificial intelligence and machine learning generated
case model intelligently
With constructing abnormal and fault base based on real
work, it could accord to real work. However, it didn’t deal with
some property of the case such as fault type, degree of
difficulty, sequential logic which may lead to the cases lack of
various and difficulty level was hard to distinguish. So the
method of generating cases may also be an interesting problem.
How to make virtual reality system learn to think and
construct various cases according to existing fault base was
much more worth for studying and discussing. Artificial and
machine learning were efficient method that make computer
intelligent. So we applied on these two kinds of technology to
combine fault and generate cases intelligently. At the same
time, virtual reality scene automatically tracked the vary of the
cases which realized cases various, avoiding all of the same
pattern.
And it can satisfied different training requirement via
changing algorithm adaptive according to the learner’s
feedback and then reconstruct different cases. The learners
could not only learn the idea of deal with abnormal and fault in
different situation via virtual world, but also do role playing
method to learn to improve their technical skills, which adapt
them to real work.
IV. THE APPLICATION CASE OF VIRTUAL REALITY
A. Problem proposition
Relay protection, automation and communication as the
power system Secondary maintenance major, they played on an
very important support and safeguard role. Though these kinds
of second order major had different businesses and functions,
there were intersections and connections among them. For
example, relay protection and automation major need the fibre-
optical to transfer information.
 However, most of Secondary staff were familiar with their
own major business and know little about other related
knowledge which made them hard to communicate when it was
need to deal with complicated fault, which wasted time for
solving fault and decreased efficient of fault handling.
Though learning cross knowledge among these major could
solve this problem, considering the major difference of long
span, it was hard for the learners to learn actively and
enthusiastically.
So it is necessary to develop an Secondary maintenance
major fusion training system based on virtual reality and
artificial intelligence. It can realized compound learning among
three major and inspire learner’s interest and enthusiasm via
perception learning mode to decrease difficulty and improved
learning efficient.
Relay protection, automation and communication these
three kind of major fused and made training plan concentrated
on the case, which especially protruded cooperative to adapt to
real work. With the aid of virtual reality all related scenes to
complete solo major mode, cross mode, united anti-failure
maneuver mode three kinds of advanced training. And with the
aid of acting analog to make it accord to real work.
B. Solution concept
The system resorted to virtual reality to generate an analog
environment, as the learner wearing the VR lens, they felt like
in real work scene. At the same time, the sensors caught the
learner’s movement to help complete the related work and
feedback sensing signals to the learners via hearing, touch and
movements.
C. System design
• The module design
The training system divided three major and three module.
The three major were relay protection, automation and
communication. For the module in every major, it had different
courses and degree of difficulty. For example, if the learner
choose the relay protection major, the its courses in the analog
scene were constrained on this major and more comprehensive
and difficult. And the knowledge of automation and
communication were only related to cross part.
Learners can conduct learning in a targeted way of
choosing corresponding major. Three model were solo major
mode, cross mode, united anti-failure maneuver mode.
For every mode, it had a great of cases teaching materials
which came from real work such as new equipment new
equipment put into operation, technical renovation of
equipment overhaul, periodic inspection of equipment and real
fault of second order system. At the same time, with the aid of
artificial intelligence and machine learning, it could combine
the fault and generate cases intelligently. So we can make our
training according to real work.
• The function design
For function, the training system can render learners from
different major feel like they were in their own working scene.
They can learn different kinds of operating skills with reality,
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vividness, intuitive feelings as well as no risks. At the same
time, the learners not only could learn their own major
operating skill, but also learn other concerned operating skill,
as well as finding out the idea of dealing with fault and
necessary cooperation process with other major, which made
the training much more logical.
• The algorithm design
As to the algorithm for generating cases, we applied SVM
of machine and render the properties such as major, degree of
fault difficulty and fault content to form vector and matrix to
calculate. With these matrices and SVM algorithm, it can
generate cases intelligently and adaptive changing algorithm as
well as constructed different cases of vary difficulty degree,
which could be suitable for training demand.
D. The effect of the system and its application prospect
• With the aid of virtual reality to carry out major united
training and to improve the ability of deal with
abnormal and fault for learner
Relay protection, automation and communication fused and
draw up united training program focused on cases. With the aid
of virtual reality carrying out major united training, it can
promote most training resources of relevant major to realize
acting and united anti-failure maneuver training, which made
our training according to real work. And it solved the advanced
training requirement of learners and render them not only know
their own major knowledge but also know concerned
points,with improving their cooperating work ability.
• Virtual reality imitated real working scene and
optimized the cognitive structure which improve
training effect
With the virtual reality imitated the reason of fault vividly
and automatically tracked the vary of the cases, it can cover
most kinds of faults in real work. The learns can carry
out constantly practice in virtual world to be familiar with
dealing idea for abnormal and fault, with acing in virtual world
to deepen impression. The key point of this conception was to
improve training effect by combining advance teaching
philosophy such as scene teaching, major interaction, cognitive
optimization and so on with high-tech for example, virtual
reality.
This application case can be used for solo major training,
compound major training and united anti-failure maneuver for
this three kinds of major such as Relay protection, automation
and communication. At the same time, it can also be used as
the cognitive training facilities for relevant technical and
management personnel to understand relevant knowledge and
professional skills.
V. CONCLUSION
In this paper, we first presented virtual reality technology as
the foundation of future training facilities. The application
depth of virtual reality decided the scale and extent of the
future training.The application quality of virtual reality
determined the future training effect. And we analyzed the
application development of virtual reality as well as its extent
of accorded to the real practice work to support this opinion.
 Then, we pointed that artificial intelligence were the
method of generation of intelligent training cases. As long as
virtual reality satisfied with real practice work and combined
with artificial intelligence, it could fulfill the future demand of
intelligence facilities.
Then, we put forward artificial intelligence were the
method of generation of intelligent training cases. Following
that, we stated rewards the mode that it is resort to advanced
big data and information technology to complete base data
collection of the case and it is intelligent to generate case
model with artificial intelligence and machine learning.
To illustrate those points, we provided a case of virtual
reality applying in training system simulation field for power
system two overhaul, including problem proposition, solution
concept, solution result and application prospect.
In the end, we summed up the whole paper. The strategies
and opinions put forward in this paper can not only help us to
understand virtual reality and artificial intelligence’s effects in
the process of building intelligent training in the future but also
render new ideas and inspirations for experts working in virtual
reality researching, machine learning and artificial intelligent
decision-making, power system simulation and some related
areas. Furthermore, it provided the conceptual support for
constructing intelligent training, intelligent manufacture, as
well as intelligent China.
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