Engineering virtual-environment-based training simulators

Hans Jense; Frido Kuijper

doi:10.1117/12.307189

30 April 1998 Engineering virtual-environment-based training simulators

Hans Jense, Frido Kuijper

Proceedings Volume 3295, Stereoscopic Displays and Virtual Reality Systems V; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.307189
Event: Photonics West '98 Electronic Imaging, 1998, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

While the potential of Virtual Environments (VE's) for training simulators has been recognized right from the start of the emergence of the technology, to date most VE systems that claim to be training simulators have been developed in an adhoc fashion. Based on requirements of the Royal Netherlands Army and Air Force, we have recently developed VE based training simulators following basic systems engineering practice. This paper reports on our approach in general, and specifically focuses on two examples. The first is a distributed VE system for training Forward Air Controllers (FAC's). This system comprises an immersive VE for the FAC trainee, as well as a number of other components, all interconnected in a network infrastructure utilizing the DIS/HLA standard protocols for distributed simulation. The prototype VE FAC simulator is currently being used in the training program of the Netherlands Integrated Air/Ground Operations School. Feedback from the users is being collected as input for a follow-on development activity. A second development is aimed at the evaluation of VE technology for training gunnery procedures with the Stinger man-portable air-defense system. In this project, a system is being developed that enables us to evaluate a number of different configurations with respect to both human and systems performance characteristics.

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Hans Jense and Frido Kuijper "Engineering virtual-environment-based training simulators", Proc. SPIE 3295, Stereoscopic Displays and Virtual Reality Systems V, (30 April 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.307189

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