Developing a virtual environment for safety training

Electronics, Robotics and Automotive Mechanics Conference, CERMA 2007 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 545-550

  Pérez, Benjamín Zayas ^a   Marín, Mirna Molina ^a   Pérez, Eduardo Islas ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES ELÉCTRICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DRILLING PLATFORMS; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; SPEED;

AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS; COGNITIVE SCIENCES; DESIGN PROCESSES; DESKTOP VIRTUAL REALITY; EDUCATIONAL THEORIES; EMERGENCY PROCEDURES; OFFSHORE OIL PLATFORMS; SAFETY TRAINING; SOFTWARE TOOLS; TRAINING TOOLS; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT (VE); VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS (VE);

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 47349083537     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CERMA.2007.4367743     Document Type: Conference Paper

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