Mixed-Reality Humans for Team Training

Author

Lok, Benjamin ; Joon Hao Chuah ; Robb, Andrew ; Cordar, Andrew ; Lampotang, Samsun ; Wendling, Adam ; White, Connor

Author_Institution

Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Volume

34

Issue

3

fYear

2014

fDate

May-June 2014

Firstpage

72

Lastpage

75

Abstract

Researchers have created mixed-reality humans (MRHs) and applied them to critical team training. MRHs are embodied conversational agents with virtual and physical components that inhabit the user\´s space. In this research, MRHs role-played members of an operating-room team. Studies examined how MRH components affected social presence (the user\´s sense of "being there" with an embodied conversational agent) and the training of communication skills for medical teams.

Keywords

biomedical education; computer based training; medical computing; surgery; team working; virtual reality; MRH; communication skills training; critical team training; embodied conversational agents; medical teams; mixed-reality humans; operating-room team; physical components; social presence; virtual components; Animatronics; Avatars; Man machine systems; Safety; Teamwork; Training; Animatronics; Avatars; Man machine systems; Safety; Teamwork; Training; computer graphics; embodied conversational agents; graphics; healthcare; mixed reality; social presence; spatial interfaces; team training; virtual humans; virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCG.2014.57

Filename

6813971