Development of a Virtual Environment Software Testbed Using Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Software Components

Abstract

The goals of the Virtual Environment Training Technology (VETT) program are to develop, demonstrate and evaluate the use of virtual environment (VE) component technologies for navy training applications. A key part of this effort is the development of a testbed performed by Management Systems and Training Technologies (MSTT). for investigating the benefits of using VE interfaces to improve naval training while reducing training-system costs. This paper describes the technology components integrated by MSTT that provide a tool for training effectiveness research at the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) in Orlando Florida. The development approach used for the testbed is to integrate off-the-shelf tools into one cohesive software platform. Applications developed on the testbed include a multi-modal Virtual Electronic Systems Trainer, a spatialized audio location task, and relative motion experiment for surface ship handling. Current efforts on the testbed are directed towards open-water and restricted maneuvering surface ship handling.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADP010623

Entities

People

  • Scott W. Davidson

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Automated Speech Recognition
  • Language
  • Markov Models
  • Military Requirements
  • Models
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Naval Training
  • Open Water
  • Operating Systems
  • Relative Motion
  • Simulations
  • Software Development
  • Software Prototyping
  • Standards
  • Training
  • Virtual Reality

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics