Fiscal Year	2017
Division	Research & Sponsored Programs
Department	Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation Institute
Investigator(s)	Tublin, Neil
Sponsor	Space & Naval Warfare Systems Center-Pacific (Navy)
Summary	The proposed research effort will design immersive virtual reality (VR) training system in support of cockpit and procedure familiarization. The system will aim to use commercial off-the-shelf system (both hardware and software) to create an affordable, light weight, mobile training system focused on filling the gap identified in aviation training – its ultimate goal is to provide more effective alternative to current training practices that are solely based on passive study of manuals and review of a series of slides with minimal user interaction. The proposed training system will be also tested against current training practices through the means of a formal user study. Research grant is designed to support student travel (field study, user study, conference travel) and needs for experimental testbed environment.
Keywords	Immersive Virtual reality (VR) cocpit familiarization military training procedure familiarization simulations
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