A Survey of Immersive Technology For Maintenance Evaluations

Abstract

Virtual reality has come a long way since the turn of the decade and is continually growing, with extensive research by commercial, government, and educational agencies. This paper describes current virtual reality technologies available; undergoing virtual reality research & development; and issues related to those technologies that can be applied to simulated maintenance evaluations. There are still hardware and software issues that need to be overcome before virtual presence is truly felt. These issues include simulator sickness where the inner ear cannot feel the translation motion unless it is physically experienced; and multi-person tasks where peripheral vision plays a major role in the accomplishment of the task and knowing the location of the other person.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA349708

Entities

People

  • Ron Stonum

Organizations

  • Battelle Memorial Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Augmented Reality
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Human-Machine Interfaces
  • Information Systems
  • Military Research
  • Operating Systems
  • Personnel Management
  • Servomechanisms
  • Three Dimensional
  • Virtual Reality

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