The activities, open and free, will last until Sunday morning, from 11 to 14 hours
The Mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, along with the Councilor for Modernization, Urban Quality and Participation, José Guillén, visited this afternoon the workshops for children, youth and adults in robotics, virtual reality, drone piloting, 3D printing, video games and new Technologies, which the City Council organizes on the occasion of the Internet Festival, in collaboration with the Professional Colleges of Informatics, Autonomous Community, University of Murcia, UCAM, Polytechnic University and Play Factory.
Hundreds of children have participated, together with their families, in these open and free activities that have been held throughout the day and will continue until Sunday morning, from 11 to 14 hours, in the Plaza Circular, a space that has been enabled As a unlimited Wi-Fi zone, and in which safety advice is also offered to parents who wish, so that their children navigate safely.
The event, which is part of the activities of DiaTIC17, also attended the deans of the Professional College of Computer Engineers and the Professional College of Technical Engineers in Computer Science.
Participants in the Internet Party can enter the world of virtual reality by living diverse experiences such as navigating the bloodstream, entering a cell and being spectators of a virus attack;
Enjoy a walk through the galaxy, learning information about the main planets and asteroids or lose the fear of heights and download adrenaline on a roller coaster.
Likewise, informative workshops are offered where the advances in the sector of the hand of drones, robots and humanoids are observed.
Children can also participate in software programming workshops.
It has also enabled a 3D printing area with figures, holograms and holographic virtual images and children and adults can participate in racing simulators, try video games and have fun with the best eSport.
This afternoon a Clash Royale championship has been developed, in which attendees have participated in a tournament of the famous strategy game from their own mobiles.
There has also been installed an F1 simulator, four consoles with games like FIFA17, Pro Evolution Soccer or Rocket League (soccer and cars in the same video game), 2 Computers where games will be enhanced 1 vs 1 in games like League of Legends, Counter Strike Or HearthStone.
There is also an exhibition of technology-based Lego Education robots, sumo fights with robots built and programmed by kids from the Play Factory computer academy and augmented reality.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia