Substations

IEEE PES T&D Show Blog: Portable Virtual Reality

April 18, 2018

Burns & McDonnell (Booth 2276) has a VR substation tour

I had hoped to find a lot of VR & AR tech toys at the Expo, but Burns & McDonnell (Booth 2276) got my first place award. They have a VR substation tour you can take with you.

They give you a build it yourself VR viewer. You leave your smartphone in it and call up the app. Then you can move about the sub. This was fun and interesting. Stop by their booth and pick one up to take home.

About the Author

Gene Wolf

Gene Wolf has been designing and building substations and other high technology facilities for over 32 years. He received his BSEE from Wichita State University. He received his MSEE from New Mexico State University. He is a registered professional engineer in the states of California and New Mexico. He started his career as a substation engineer for Kansas Gas and Electric, retired as the Principal Engineer of Stations for Public Service Company of New Mexico recently, and founded Lone Wolf Engineering, LLC an engineering consulting company.

Gene is widely recognized as a technical leader in the electric power industry. Gene is a fellow of the IEEE. He is the former Chairman of the IEEE PES T&D Committee. He has held the position of the Chairman of the HVDC & FACTS Subcommittee and membership in many T&D working groups. Gene is also active in renewable energy. He sponsored the formation of the “Integration of Renewable Energy into the Transmission & Distribution Grids” subcommittee and the “Intelligent Grid Transmission and Distribution” subcommittee within the Transmission and Distribution committee.