Contributions to the Development of VE-Assisted Training of Spatial Behavior

Abstract

A conceptual analysis for identifying essential spatial skills concluded that three functional families of skills can be identified (object identification, wayfinding and orientation, and target interception/interception avoidance) and that current VE technology is sufficient for their assessment and training. An empirical study of frame of reference control indicated that global and local object frames of reference were more effective than mobile object based and observer based frames in fixed observer situations. An empirical study of distance estimation training showed that skill in estimating metric distance can be trained in the field using either verbal or visual feedback and transferred to a novel field setting.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA373202

Entities

People

  • Gary L. Allen

Organizations

  • University of South Carolina

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Computers
  • Feedback
  • Human Behavior
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Identification
  • Interception
  • Military Research
  • Observers
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Psychology
  • Training
  • Virtual Reality
  • Visualizations

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.