Virtual Reality as a Tool for Large Scale Systems

¹ College of Logistics, Přerov, Palackého 1381/25,75002 Přerov, Czech Republic
² VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Institute of Economics and Control Systems, 17. listopadu 15/2172, 708 33 Ostrava, Czech Republic

^* Corresponding author: libor.kavka@vslg.cz

Abstract

Virtual reality (VR) is a wonderful opportunity of information technology which enables the movement of people in the virtual world. The virtual world, into which a person dives, allows them to forget for some time that they are not in the real world, but right now they are living in an entirely different world with unexpected properties. This idea is the grounds for putting forth a proposal to use the virtual world, which is not a copy of the real world, but it is created from purposefully modified 3D images of technical means and properties of these means. Such a world can then be used to control processes, especially when the space of a virtual world is created from quantities obtained in the real world. The huge importance of creating a virtual world from quantities that we have long been storing lies in the fact that one glance, one flight over the surface of such a world is sufficient to get an overview of the behavior of ultra-large-scale systems with a number of monitored quantities. It is the only way to assess, evaluate and control systems presented by a large amount of regularly monitored quantities, which are mutually connected with material and information bonds.