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Situation Awareness of Spacecraft Operators Trained in Virtual Reality
DescriptionRemote supervisory operations, where an operator monitors and sends intermittent commands to a system, are becoming increasingly complex and important in areas like satellite operations. This creates a need for improved training. Virtual reality (VR) has been proposed to improve upon training practices for these complex tasks, particularly as a way to improve situation awareness (SA). We investigate the effect of training modality on SA in a simulated satellite operation task (n=45). The three training displays include an immersive VR display, a screen-based 3D visualization display, and a traditional display, and the operational task is later performed only in the traditional display. No differences were found in level 1 SA (perception) or level 3 SA (projection). However, differences were found in level 2 SA (comprehension) where participants trained in VR had a higher SA than those trained in the traditional display (p = 0.007) and approached significance compared to those trained in 3D visualization (p = 0.09). This research demonstrates some of the benefits that VR may provide as a training tool.
Event Type
Lecture
TimeThursday, October 16th1:50pm - 2:10pm CDT
LocationGrand Hall L
Extended Reality
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