Evaluating Multiple Levels of an Interaction Fidelity Continuum on Performance and Learning in Near-Field Training Simulations

• Published in: IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 1418 - 1427
• Main Authors: Bhargava, Ayush, Bertrand, Jeffrey W., Gramopadhye, Anand K., Madathil, Kapil C., Babu, Sabarish V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.04.2018; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aerospace electronics; Bimanual Interaction; Cognition; Educational Virtual Reality; Empirical Evaluation; Female; Helmet mounted displays; High Fidelity Simulation Training - standards; Humans; Interaction Fidelity; Learning; Male; Metaphor; Metrology; Mice; Skill development; Skills; Solid modeling; Surveys and Questionnaires; Task Performance and Analysis; Training; User-Computer Interface; Virtual environments; Virtual Reality; Young Adult

With costs of head-mounted displays (HMDs) and tracking technology decreasing rapidly, various virtual reality applications are being widely adopted for education and training. Hardware advancements have enabled replication of real-world interactions in virtual environments to a large extent, paving...