Using virtual environments simulation to improve construction safety: An application of 3D online-game based training

Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering

Volumn 172 LNEE, Issue VOL. 1, 2012, Pages 269-277

  Zhao, Dong ^a   Ye, Yincheng ^b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Information Technology; Online Game; Safety Training; Virtual Environment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAME; CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENTS; CONSTRUCTION SAFETY; ELECTRICAL HAZARDS; ON-LINE GAMES; SAFETY TRAINING; TRAINING APPLICATIONS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC ACCIDENTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 84865955860     PISSN: 18761100     EISSN: 18761119     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-31006-5_33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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