Pointman - A New Control for Simulating Tactical Infantry Movements

Author

Templeman, James N. ; Sibert, Linda E. ; Page, Robert C. ; Denbrook, Patricia S.

Author_Institution

Naval Res. Lab., Washinton, DC

fYear

2007

fDate

10-14 March 2007

Firstpage

285

Lastpage

286

Abstract

Pointmantrade is a new virtual locomotion control that uses a conventional dual joystick gamepad combined with a tracked head-mounted display and sliding foot pedals. Unlike conventional gamepad control mappings for first person shooter games, Pointman allows users to independently specify their avatar´s direction of movement and heading of the upper body. The motivation is to develop inexpensive virtual infantry training simulators that allow users to execute realistic tactical infantry movements.

Keywords

avatars; helmet mounted displays; interactive devices; military equipment; Pointman; avatar; control mappings; head-mounted display; joystick gamepad; sliding foot pedals; tactical infantry movements; virtual infantry training simulators; virtual locomotion control; Biological system modeling; Computational modeling; Computer displays; Foot; Humans; Laboratories; Motion control; Open loop systems; Pelvis; Tracking; first-person shooter games; human-computer interface; tactical infantry simulators; virtual locomotion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Reality Conference, 2007. VR '07. IEEE

Conference_Location

Charlotte, NC

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0906-3

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0906-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VR.2007.352504

Filename

4161046