Rapid prototyping a virtual fire drill environment using computer game technology

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 559-569

  Smith, Shamus P ^a   Trenholme, David ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Fire evacuation; Game engines; Rapid prototyping; Virtual fire drill; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAMES; DRILLS; FIRES; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EVACUATION DRILL; EVALUATION; FIRE CONDITION; FIRE DRILL; FIRE EVACUATION; GAME ENGINE; GAME TECHNOLOGIES; MODERN BUILDINGS; RAPID-PROTOTYPING; VIRTUAL FIRE DRILL;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 63449086033     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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