REVIEW OF TRENDS IN APPLICATION OF VIRTUAL REALITY IN ENGINEERING

Abstract

It is known that the growth rate of the mechanical engineering industry in the world is about 3% every year, and the growth leaders in the industry are motor vehicles, electronic components, communication equipment, computers and peripheral equipment, and aerial vehicles. The Industry 4.0 program is the next stage of the manufacturing enterprises digital transformation, the purpose of which is to increase the competitiveness of the Ukrainian economy machine-building sector. Industry 4.0 aims at the accelerated implementation of digital technologies, including the industrial Internet of Things, real-time big data analysis, artificial intelligence, the new generation of robots, virtual and augmented reality, etc. It is expected that the synergy of IT and production technologies will lead to the change in business models and a significant acceleration of innovative development at all stages from the development to the introduction into production of new products. On the basis of the National Technical University "Dniprovska Polytechnic", the direction of training students under the educational program "Technologies of virtual and augmented reality in mechanical engineering" specialty 133 Industrial mechanical engineering has been launched. The training of specialists with methodological and practical skills in the field of modern technologies of virtual and augmented reality is extremely important for the implementation of the Industry 4.0 strategy.