Desktop virtual reality for emergency preparedness: User evaluation of an aircraft ditching experience under different fear arousal conditions

Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 141-150

  Chittaro, Luca ^a   Buttussi, Fabio ^a   Zangrando, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aviation safety; Emergency preparedness; Fear arousal; Training systems; User studies; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; CIVIL DEFENSE; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TRAINING AIRCRAFT;

AVIATION SAFETY; EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS; FEAR AROUSAL; TRAINING SYSTEMS; USER STUDY;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84911191430     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2671015.2671025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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