Embedded Training for Future Force Warriors: An Assessment of Wearable Virtual Simulators

Abstract

Embedded virtual simulation has the potential to provide more realistic and effective training for dismounted Soldiers, particularly in operations in urban areas, and in the operations and tactics, techniques and procedures for using Future Force systems. This paper describes an assessment of wearable virtual simulators (WSs) for Infantry Soldiers. The assessment focused on the capabilities and limitations of the WSs as the were used by Soldiers in a realistic training situation: the capability to support the performance of Soldier tasks, side effects, and human interface issues. Three vendors developed different WSs. Each was based on the Quantum 3D Thermite wearable computer, but the vendors used different software and interface hardware.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA433376

Entities

People

  • Bruce W. Knerr
  • Donald Ralph Lampton
  • Patrick J. Garrity

Organizations

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

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Computers
  • Display Systems
  • Environment
  • Infantry
  • Load Monitoring
  • Military Research
  • Operating Systems
  • Questionnaires
  • Reliability
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Social Sciences
  • Training
  • Virtual Reality
  • Wearable Computers
  • Wearable Technology

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing