Using virtual environments to train firefighters

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 23-29

  Tate, David L ^a,c,d   Sibert, Linda ^a,d,e   King, Tony ^b,f,g  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Washington Navy Yard   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d IEEE   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Nav Operations Telecom Center   (United States)

^g NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; PERSONNEL TRAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT TRAINING TECHNOLOGY (VETT);

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0031272672     PISSN: 02721716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/38.626965     Document Type: Article

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