The Rotary Club of Brisbane is celebrating its 95th anniversary this year with the community in a futuristic simulation to be done for the first time in Australia. Brisbane locals were invited to choose “their high” and step behind the wheel of a virtual reality car at the Queen Street Mall stage on Monday 28 May to celebrate the day.
The event is looking to both the past and future to feature how they innovate to build a stronger and more successful community. In 2017, the Salvation Army supplied approximately 55,000 meals to the hungry a feat which would not be possible without mobile equipment. The Rotary Club of Brisbane funded this endeavour with a $30,000 donation and a state-of-the-art disaster response trailer, to enable the Salvation Army to do their job better. Driving under the influence is a contributing factor in up to 41 per cent of road fatalities in Australia. With technology enabling people to simulate risks in a safe environment this event will do top notch virtual reality awareness-raising on the risks associated with drug-driving in cooperation with CARRS-Q.
The Rotary Club has facilitated a free license for QUT to use a European virtual reality software (3D Tripping, valued at $47,000). Locals will be able to get behind the wheel of a virtual car and experience simulated drug-induced experiences, what it is like to drive a car whilst drunk, on ecstasy, high on cannabis and tripping on magic mushrooms and how perception of reality and therefore driving competence is affected.
There will not be any real alcohol, Ecstasy, Cannabis and/or Magic Mushrooms during the event. Their effect on one’s ability to drive will be virtually simulated to interested people through the CARRS-Q driving simulator.
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