Systems and methods for fire alarm notification in virtual reality environments

An alert system for alerting a user in a virtual reality environment, the alert system comprising:

• a panel of a fire alarm system configured to monitor a detector;
• one or more user virtual reality devices;
• a central server of the virtual reality system, the central server providing a virtual reality environment to each user virtual reality device;
• a processor in communication with the panel of the fire alarm system and the central server of the virtual reality system;
• and
• a memory in communication with the processor, the memory storing program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• continuously monitor the alarm panel of the fire alarm system;
• receive a signal from the alarm panel when an alarm of the detector has been triggered;
• and
• disconnect the one or more user virtual reality devices from the central server upon receipt of the signal.

A method of alerting a user in a virtual reality environment, the method comprising:

• providing, by a central server, a virtual reality environment to one or more user virtual reality devices;
• continuously monitoring, by a detector, an atmospheric condition of a physical environment corresponding to the virtual reality environment;
• continuously monitoring, by a panel of a fire alarm system, the status of the detector;
• continuously monitoring, by a processor, the status of the panel, wherein the signal includes an indication of whether an alarm of the detector has been triggered;
• receiving, by the processor, a signal from the panel indicating that the alarm of the detector has been triggered;
• disconnecting, by the processor, the one or more user virtual reality devices from the central server upon receipt of the signal from the panel.