Abstract
This paper describes a new virtual reality-based skill training, internship, and human resource development for undergraduate mechanical engineering students. The virtual reality-based skill training system is able to reproduce the environment of a casting and a lathe manufacturing technology. The most notable advantages of this system are that students can virtually experience the workflow prior to actually performing the practice at the worksite, one can learn about procedures beforehand. The industry collaboration and internship program provides support to make our educational programs more practical and concordant with the need of industry and global society. The internship gives students an opportunity to put into practice in the real world the skills and knowledge they have been developing in university classes. Our skill training allows the students to experience the perception of actually being in a particular environment.
