{"id":226485,"date":"2025-02-22T10:36:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T14:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=226485"},"modified":"2025-02-22T11:08:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T15:08:18","slug":"empowering-resilience-the-uwi-global-campus-demonstrates-how-extended-reality-xr-technologies-can-tackle-regional-disaster-management-training-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/empowering-resilience-the-uwi-global-campus-demonstrates-how-extended-reality-xr-technologies-can-tackle-regional-disaster-management-training-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering Resilience: The UWI Global Campus Demonstrates how extended Reality (XR) Technologies can tackle Regional Disaster Management\u00a0Training Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/strong>The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Global Campus Digital Learning Innovation (DLI) Unit showcased its cutting-edge approach to disaster preparedness training at the 13th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM13), held December 2-6, 2024 in St. Kitts and Nevis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the conference\u2019s \u201cLearning Lab\u201d series, the DLI Unit presented a session titled \u201cLeveraging XR for Disaster Risk Management Training: Enhancing Preparedness Using Immersive Technologies.\u201d<\/p>

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The Caribbean, among the world\u2019s most disaster-prone regions, continues to face severe challenges from hurricanes, volcanic activity, and climate change-related events. <\/p>

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To help meet these challenges, The UWI Global Campus highlighted the transformative potential of XR (Extended Reality)\u2014which includes Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR)\u2014in delivering experiential, scalable, and cost-effective disaster response training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Karen Rosemin, Head of the DLI Unit, and Mr. Riaz Baldeo, Project Manager, Digital Strategy and Learning, demonstrated how XR-driven, scenario-based training environments can simulate high-pressure emergencies without putting responders at risk.<\/p>

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These virtual simulations help build critical decision-making skills, develop psychological resilience, and potentially reduce the incidence of PTSD, anxiety, and depression among frontline responders – which was highlighted at a number of the conference\u2019s plenary sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traditional disaster training methods often face high costs, logistical difficulties, and limited access to realistic scenarios. XR offers a powerful alternative:<\/p>

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