Center for Human Modeling and Simulation

Document Type

Conference Paper

Date of this Version

2011

Publication Source

IEEE Virtual Reality Conference (VR)

Start Page

95

Last Page

102

DOI

10.1109/VR.2011.5759444

Comments

The 2011 IEEE Virtual Reality Conference (VR) took place March 19-23, 2011 in Singapore.

Abstract

In this paper we investigate the utility of an interactive, desktopbased virtual reality (VR) system for training personnel in hazardous working environments. Employing a novel software model, CRAM (Course Resource with Active Materials), we asked participants to learn a specific aircraft maintenance task. The evaluation sought to identify the type of familiarization training that would be most useful prior to hands on training, as well as after, as skill maintenance. We found that participants develop an increased awareness of hazards when training with stimulating technology – in particular (1) interactive, virtual simulations and (2) videos of an instructor demonstrating a task – versus simply studying (3) a set of written instructions. The results also indicate participants desire to train with these technologies over the standard written instructions. Finally, demographic data collected during the evaluation elucidates future directions for VR systems to develop a more robust and stimulating hazard training environment.

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Keywords

virtual reality, training, interactive environments, evaluation/methodology

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Date Posted: 13 January 2016