The use of virtual world platforms for supporting an emergency response training exercise

Proceedings of CGAMES 2008 - 13th International Conference on Computer Games: AI, Animation, Mobile, Educational and Serious Games

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 49-55

  Chen, Yung Fang ^a   Rebolledo Mendez, Genaro ^a   Liarokapis, Fotis ^a   De Freitas, Sara ^a   Parker, El ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency response training; OLIVE; Second life; Serious games

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; EQUIPMENT TESTING; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER BASED SIMULATION; CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; OLIVE; SECOND LIFE; SERIOUS GAMES;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

EID: 84906971445     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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