Evaluation of wearable simulation interface for military training

Human Factors

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 672-690

  Taylor, Grant S ^a   Barnett, John S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b US Army Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

computer interface; simulator; training; training effectiveness; training transfer; usability; wearable simulation interface

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; INTERACTIVE TRAINING; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS; USABILITY; USABILITY EVALUATION; WEARABLE INTERFACES;

EXPERIMENTS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PERSONNEL TRAINING; WEARABLE COMPUTERS;

SIMULATORS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PHENOMENA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY SCIENCE; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878072143     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720812466892     Document Type: Article

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