Special treatment drunk driving VR first perspective to restore the whole process of accident

In 2015, more than 10,000 people died of drunken traffic accidents in the United States, and 290,000 people were injured in drunken traffic accidents. On average, one person loses his life due to drunk driving every 51 minutes.

According to foreign media The Next Web report, the famous wine maker Diageo and the United States "New York Times" jointly produced a 360-degree VR video on Facebook 360, YouTube 360 ​​and other platforms. The video reproduces the whole process of drunk driving accidents from the perspective of the first person. Users can use the VR helmets including Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, and Google Cardboard from the driver's perspective to experience the danger of drunk driving.

The video used a woman, a couple, and three friends who are similar to each other to interpret the whole process of a drunk driving accident: They are driving on their own roads, and one of them is thinking about following another vehicle. To overtake, but at the time they were on a section that prohibited overtaking, and the driver who wanted to overtake was drunk driving. When the driver drove the car to the opposite lane to prepare for overtaking, there was just a car on the way. Since the headlights of the opposite car were very dazzling, the chaotic driver of the drunk driver wanted to return to the original lane, resulting in a side collision with the car she was trying to overtake, followed by another collision with the oncoming car. As a result, the tragedy of the three vehicles colliding with each other was caused.

According to foreign media commentary, it is not clear to what extent the VR video that simulates drunk driving can make people aware of the harm caused by drunk driving, nor does it know how effective it is to arouse people's safe driving behavior.