The I³-Junior Project dealt with the integration of localization data from motion capture systems into virtual reality applications. Thus, new possibilities for increasing the immersion of Virtual Reality applications were developed as well as improved approaches for modeling realistic interactions of several persons in virtual environments.

The project developed a prototype virtual reality training application for firefighters on a ship. In the initial phases of the project, a suitable training scenario was first designed. To develop the prototype training application, a solution was developed to integrate the motion capture tracking data of the training participants into the virtual environment. For this purpose, the localization data of the motion capture system was merged with the localization data of the virtual reality headset. The evaluation and testing phase focused on possible improvements compared to previous physical training scenarios, taking into account potentials in terms of development effort and costs of virtual training.