Using virtual reality technology for aircraft visual inspection training: Presence and comparison studies

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 559-570

  Vora, Jeenal ^a   Nair, Santosh ^a   Gramopadhye, Anand K ^a   Duchowski, Andrew T ^b   Melloy, Brian J ^a   Kanki, Barbara ^c  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye tracking; Presence; Training; Virtual reality; Visual inspection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INSPECTION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TRAINING AIRCRAFT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

VISUAL INSPECTIONS;

INSPECTION EQUIPMENT;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; IMMERSION; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MEASUREMENT; MICROCOMPUTER; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0036853538     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(02)00039-X     Document Type: Article

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