MeSi

In the MeSi project, FrostBit will produce a learning environment that includes a virtual Forest Machine Simulation Environment made for second degree education, as well as a PC-game and Web Interface for University entrepeneurship studies.

The virtual Forest Machine Simulation Environment offers the student the opportunity to learn independently, giving feedback on their performance of wood harvesting exercises as well as their machine handling skills. Data on the student’s machine handling skills are collected throughout their study period. The environment data in the simulation are imported from the real world, using the tools of the Virtual Forest 2.0 application. After students have completed tasks in the environment, the data can be exported back to the Virtual Forest 2.0 application and the future growth of trees can be simulated inside the app. In addition, at the end of the study, the student gets into an environment corresponding to a real work situation, where the exercise is to complete the entire logging site in accordance with the actual work situation. In addition to machine handling skills, the student is given feedback from a company-specific perspective, ie how the student’s operations affect the company’s operations.

In the Web Interface, students are able to get acquainted with nature care and forest machines, e.g. via a map interface, as well as video-, image- and 360-image -materials. In the Entrepreneurship PC-game, you have the opportunity to try out entrepreneurship in the forest industry, through which you can learn about different forest management methods and the possible causal relationships.