Gillette College Virtual Reality Program Looks To Help With Mine Safety
10 Jan 2020
Nick Ullrich is setting me up in a generic office at the Gillette College Technical Education Center. Ullrich, a safety instructor for the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) training program at the college, has been working on creating a new way to train miners for about a year.
"The goggles when you put them on, this doesn't go all the way around the back of your head, but it fits on the top. And there are two straps here that kind of loosen or tighten, so I'll just let you get that comfortable," he tells me.
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