Virtual reality training applications for the mining industry

Proceedings of AFRIGRAPH 2009: 6th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Visualisation and Interaction in Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 53-64

  Van Wyk, Etienne ^a   De Villiers, Ruth ^b  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mining training applications; Realism; Safety training; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT; CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; MINING FATALITIES; MINING INDUSTRY; REAL-WORLD; REALISM; ROOT CAUSE; SAFETY TRAINING; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SIMULATION TRAINING; TRAINING SYSTEMS; TRAINING TOOLS; VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKING ENVIRONMENT;

DECISION MAKING; MINING; MINING MACHINERY; RISK PERCEPTION; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 70349154933     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1503454.1503465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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