Samsung to provide VR tech for driving education in Austria

By Yoon Sung-won

Samsung Electronics has developed safe driving education content based on its virtual reality (VR) technology under cooperation with Austria’s motor vehicle association, the company said Sunday.

According to the electronics maker, the safe driving education content, dubbed Samsung Drive, is designed to help teach inexperienced drivers how to handle unexpected situations in actual traffic environments. This VR content is available through Samsung Electronics’ head-mounted device Gear VR, it said.

Samsung Electronics unveiled Samsung Drive at the Vienna Autoshow, which was held in Wien until Sunday, and provided a demonstration session for visitors.

The Gear VR devices equipped with the Samsung Drive will be distributed 8 driving schools throughout the country starting this summer. In this program, an estimated 15,000 people are expected to learn driving using Gear VR every year, the company said.