Command and Control Embedded Training: Visualization of the Joint Battlespace

Abstract

Working with the Air Force Research Lab's Human Effectiveness Directorate and the Iowa National Guard's 133rd Air Control Squadron, a research team at the Iowa State University's Virtual Reality Applications Center have developed an immersive VR system for distributed mission training called the Virtual Battlespace. The Virtual Battlespace is evolving into a useful exercise planning, pre-briefing, and debriefing tool. The Virtual Battlespace allow participants to analyze airspaces and develop scenarios, and then analyze the outcomes of scenarios, isolate particular engagements, and allow for alternate paths in a tree-like structure. The work has been presented at IITSEC 2002 and IITSEC 2003, and has been described in two papers. The first paper was presented at the NATO SCI Symposium, Critical Design Issues For The Human-Machine Interface, held in Prague, in the Czech Republic in May 2003. The second, "Command and Control in Distributed Mission Training - An Immersive Approach", was published in the March 2004 Journal of Battlefield Technology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA425236

Entities

People

  • Adrian Sannier
  • Carolina Cruz-neira
  • James Bernard
  • Jim Oliver

Organizations

  • Iowa State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Programs
  • Control Systems
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Displays
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Military Science
  • Operating Systems
  • Students
  • Tablet Computers
  • Training
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Virtual Reality
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space