Virtual environments for shipboard firefighting training

Author

Tate, David L. ; Sibert, Linda ; King, LCDR Tony

Author_Institution

Div. of Inf. Technol., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

1-5 Mar 1997

Firstpage

61

Abstract

A virtual environment (VE) of portions of the ex-USS Shadwell, the Navy´s full-scale fire research and test ship, has been developed to study the feasibility of using immersive VE as a tool for shipboard firefighting training and mission rehearsal. The VE system uses a head-mounted display and 3D joystick to allow users to navigate through and interact with the environment. Fire and smoke effects are added to simulate actual firefighting conditions. This paper describes the feasibility tests that were performed aboard the Shadwell and presents promising results of the benefits of VE training over conventional training methods

Keywords

computer based training; engineering education; fires; interactive devices; naval engineering computing; ships; smoke; virtual reality; 3D joystick; Navy; USS Shadwell; feasibility tests; fire effects; fire test ship; full-scale fire research ship; head-mounted display; immersive virtual environment; mission rehearsal; shipboard firefighting training; smoke effects; user interaction; user navigation; Fires; Information technology; Marine vehicles; Navigation; Performance evaluation; Space missions; System testing; Telecommunication computing; Tires; Virtual environment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium, 1997., IEEE 1997

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

ISSN

1087-8270

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7843-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VRAIS.1997.583045

Filename

583045