User Manual for the Dismounted Infantry Virtual After Action Review System (DIVAARS) (User Manual)

Abstract

This product includes the operator's manual for the Dismounted Infantry Virtual After Action Review System (DIVAARS). The 16-page manual provides complete instructions for the installation and use of the DIVAARS software. Along with the manual, a description is presented of why and how the manual was developed, including a detailed account of usability testing. Information about obtaining the DIVAARS software is included. DIVAARS can function as the After Acton Review system for any exercise conducted with Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) compliant systems. Examples of DIS systems are: the Squad Synthetic Environment (SSE), Virtual Emergency Response Training System (VERTS), and the Fully Immersive Team Training (FITT) system. DIVAARS is especially useful for training small teams that operate on foot (versus from within vehicles) and in urban areas (including operations inside of buildings). DIVAARS requires a dual Pentium III, 1.0GHZ PC (or single equivalent processor, e.g., Pentum 4,2.0GHZ), 512MB RAM, 40GB drive, and a hardware-accelerated video card (e.g. nVidia GeForce 4). DIVAARS runs on Red Hat Linux (version 8.0 or 9). Other software requirements (freeware via World Wide Web) include the Virtual Environment Software Sandbox 3.0.0, Open Scene Graph 0.9.6, and OpenAL.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA425427

Entities

People

  • Bryan R. Clark
  • Donald Ralph Lampton
  • Glenn A. Martin
  • James P. Bliss

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Beta Testing
  • Computers
  • Control Panels
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Instructions
  • Military Research
  • Research Facilities
  • Simulations
  • Social Sciences
  • Software Development
  • Test Methods
  • Training
  • User Manuals
  • Virtual Reality
  • Word Processors
  • World Wide Web

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.