Diverse Marine is the first company to take delivery of the Sea Calm, winner of Seawork’s Spirit of Innovation Award. The anti-seasickness headsets were handed over by Andy Hughes of European distributor Loki Dynamics to Ben Colman, Director of Diverse Marine on the Seacat Constellation Crew Transfer Vessel at Seawork.
Diverse will be installing a Sea Calm anti-seasickness immersive video headset on its Crew Transfer Vessels. “At Diverse we have a proactive programme for introducing new technologies onto our vessels, and when we saw the Sea Calm, we decided to offer one set onto each boat for people to try out when onboard,” said Colman. One set will be carried onboard the CTV NR Hunter, also on display at Seawork, which is on long range charter with Scottish Power Renewables, which is also trialling the Sea Calm headsets.
“Sea sickness can be a serious issue for anyone on the water,” says Sarah Honebon from Loki Dynamics. With over 18 years of experience working on board ships, she says the implications of those suffering from seasickness can range from being classed as a minor incident, but which can quickly become a a major incident if requiring evacuation due to dehydration, for example. In addition, operators at sea have a duty of care, and in some cases, a CTV might have to return to port and abort operations if someone is unwell from seasickness.
The Sea Calm immersive video headset has sophisticated fast action gyro stabilisers, which keep the image from the video steady for the wearer, no matter what the conditions. When seated and wearing the headset, the Sea Calm video shows interesting and calming scenes of water, fields, falling leaves, and mountains. By providing users with a constant visual horizon, Sea Calm prevents the imbalance between eyes and ears which traditionally cause sea-sickness. Helpful tips to help maintain a sense of calmness appear on screen with soothing background music whilst wearers can still hear any on-vessel instructions.
Exhibitor; Loki Dynamics Diverse Marine
