Virtual Environment Efficacy Assessment: Multidimensional Evaluation Framework for Virtual Environment Efficacy Assessment

Jia, Dawei

ISBN 10: 3848422840 / ISBN 13: 9783848422845

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Virtual Environment Efficacy Assessment: Multidimensional Evaluation Framework for Virtual Environment Efficacy Assessment
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3848422840
• ISBN 13: 9783848422845
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

The use of virtual training (VT) systems which utilize advanced virtual reality technologies is of growing importance to widespread application domains, such as the aerospace, engineering and medical fields. As with any emerging technology, user acceptance of new software and hardware devices is often difficult to measure and guidelines to introduce and ensure adequate and correct usage of such technologies are lacking. These problems have been tackled by the development of a new evaluation method focused on cognitive, affective and skill-based learning dimensions, and extended to the study of user performance, perceptions and memory in the context of procedural tasks training. The method significantly improves training evaluation time to 9 hours, and the number of users to 6. The method provides a more complete theoretical account of the mechanisms by which VT system design features and individual characteristics affect training outcomes, which should enable future research to systematically evaluate the effectiveness of a wide range of virtual training applications.

About the Author

Dr. Jia was a Human factors and User experience design researcher at Center for Intelligent Systems Research, Deakin University, Australia. She has actively involved in R&D activities in the areas of Human-computer interaction, Virtual Reality and Haptics. Dr. Jia is now affiliated with the Defence Science and Technology Origination.