Extending Virtual Humans to Support Team Training in Virtual Reality

Abstract

This paper describes the use of virtual humans and distributed virtual reality to support team training, where students must learn their individual role in the team as well as how to coordinate their actions with their teammates. Students, instructors, and virtual humans cohabit a three-dimensional, interactive simulated mock-up of their work environment, where they can practice together in realistic situations. The virtual humans can serve as instructors for individual students, and they can substitute for missing team members, allowing students to practice team tasks when some or all human instructors and teammates are unavailable. The paper describes our learning environment, the issues that arise in developing virtual humans for team training, and our design for the virtual humans, which is an extension of our Steve agent previously used for one-on-one tutoring.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2003
Accession Number
AD1158550

Entities

People

  • Jeff Rickel
  • W. L. Johnson

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Fuel Oils
  • Gas Turbines
  • Great Lakes
  • Instructors
  • Language
  • Natural Languages
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Students
  • Three Dimensional
  • Thrust Control
  • Training
  • Turbines
  • Virtual Reality

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • STEM Education