VR Driver Training Simulation

Asia’s fifth Gen Virtual Reality based Advanced Driver Training Simulator Centre.

- Sricharan R

Asia’s fifth Gen Virtual Reality (VR) based Advanced Driver Training Simulator Centre was recently launched at Automobile Association of Southern India Centre (AASI), Chennai. The simulator said to be capable of helping learners to drive safely on Indian roads, is a patented technology. Ideated, designed and developed by Chennai based Red Chariots Technologies Pvt. Ltd., it took close to three years for a team of 12 engineers to develop the hardware and software, emulating the Indian driving standards and road conditions. Averred D V Vinod Gopal, Director, Red Chariots Technologies Pvt. Ltd., “We have invested around Rs.3.5 crores in developing this system. A person can test his driving skills and get certified.” Said to have 40 different vehicles and variants presenting everybody a choice to learn, the company according to Gopal doesn’t have a two-wheeler yet. The latter is being perfected, he mentioned.