Navigation in a Virtual Environment Using a Walking Interface
Abstract
For years, aircraft crews and armored fighting vehicle crews have benefited from training in the benign, controlled, and instrumented situations created by simulation. Virtual reality (VR) technologies are now starting to bring these benefits to the training of dismounted soldiers. Simulation for dismounted combatants has numerous applications. In current combined arms simulations, only constrictive infantry, controlled from a workstation, are available. Their lack of sophistication, relative to their human counterparts, is thought to detract from the validity of the combined arms simulation. Adding virtual infantry would increase the benefit to all participants. Reconnaissance forces and special operations units could plan and rehearse missions using simulation. The ability to explore a future area of operations, such as an airport where hostages are being held, from a first person perspective would allow forces to assess and rehearse lines of fire, escape routes, and fields of view. Similarly, personnel who must enter toxic environments, such as ship's damage control parties and nuclear power station maintenance crews could rehearse different scenarios ahead of time and familiarize themselves with locations they have never visited.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADP010615
Entities
People
- Lochlan E. Magee
- Stuart C. Grant
Organizations
- Defence Research and Development Canada