Forging a new simulation technology at the ICT

Author

Lindheim, Richard ; Swartout, William

Author_Institution

Inst. for Creative Technol., Univ. of Southern California, CA, USA

Volume

34

Issue

1

fYear

2001

fDate

1/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

72

Lastpage

79

Abstract

At USC´s Institute for Creative Technologies, computer scientists, US Army personnel, and entertainment professionals are developing the foundation for an experiential learning system called MRE (Mission Rehearsal Exercise). The MRE project seeks to create a virtual reality training environment in which soldiers will confront dilemmas that force them to make decisions in real time under stressful and conflicting circumstances. By allowing soldiers to see the consequences of their actions and decision-making skills in a simulator, the US Army expects to better prepare its troops for dealing with similar dilemmas in the real world

Keywords

courseware; digital simulation; military computing; personnel; teaching; virtual reality; ICT; MRE; MRE project; Mission Rehearsal Exercise; US Army; US Army personnel; computer scientists; conflicting circumstances; decision-making skills; dilemmas; entertainment professionals; experiential learning system; real world; simulation technology; simulator; soldiers; troops; virtual reality training environment; Aerospace industry; Assembly systems; Collaboration; Decision making; History; Military computing; Personnel; Space exploration; TV; Underwater vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.895120

Filename

895120