Abstract
The geographical location of Makassar, which is included in the lowlands and the increasingly uncertain climate change, makes this area included in the flood map in Indonesia. Almost every year, the city of Makassar is haunted by the potential for flooding in several vulnerable areas such as the sub-districts of Manggala, Wajo and Bontoala and the Antang National Housing, every disaster in the city of Makassar is handled by the Regional Office. Disaster Management Agency. So far, flood disaster preparedness is still not responsive to a disaster, most of them sit around waiting for help, and the community lacks understanding of what to do when a flood disaster hits them. This study aims to design a system that provides education to the public about flood disaster management using virtual reality technology. This research method uses Virtual Reality technology based on educational games. The result of this research is the existence of a flood control simulation system that can help the people of Makassar understand what to do in the event of a flood and with virtual reality-based, educational game technology providing a more attractive appearance. So that people are happy and happy to use educational games. Based on black-box testing, valid results were obtained for all functional tests on the flood prevention educational game simulation system, especially in Makassar. Then based on the results of a questionnaire to determine the system's benefits obtained from fifty respondents consisting of children, adolescents and adults, the outcomes received 91.3% stated very useful, 5.2% useful, 3.5% quite helpful and 0% useless.
Highlights
Makassar City is the capital city of South Sulawesi province
The purpose of this study is to create a system that can educate the people of Makassar about flood management, implement Virtual Reality technology into a flood disaster simulation system and build an educational game-based system for flood disaster management in the city of Makassar
This study was conducted by Phungphat et al in 2018 under the title “Lord of Secure: Virtual Reality Game to Educate Network Security” discussing motivating and helping students to see better than in traditional classrooms, we proposed a security game called “Lord of Secure”, which is virtual reality (VR) games on Android for education
Summary
Makassar City is the capital city of South Sulawesi province. The area of Makassar city is 199.26 km. The geographical location of Makassar City is 5°8°N 119°25′E. Makassar is located on the southwest coast of the island of Sulawesi and the Makassar Strait in the west, Pangkajene Islands Regency in the north, Maros in the east and Gowa in the south. The geographical location of Makassar, which is included in the lowlands and the increasingly uncertain climate change, makes this area included in the flood iJOE ‒ Vol 18, No 03, 2022. Makassar City is haunted by the potential for flooding in several vulnerable areas such as Manggala, Wajo and Bontoala Regencies. Community preparedness for flood disasters is still not responsive. The community needs education about flooding to know better what needs to be done quickly and precisely
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