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Abstract | ||
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Training with Virtual Reality (VR) can bring several benefits, such as the reduction of costs and risks. We present an experimental study that aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a Virtual Environment (VE) to train firefighters using an innovative approach based on a Real Environment (RE) exercise. To measure the VE’s effectiveness we used a Presence Questionnaire (PQ) and participant’s cybersickness, stress and fatigue. Results from the PQ showed that participants rated the VE with high spatial presence and moderate realness and immersion. Signs of stress, analyzed from participant’s Heart-Rate Variability, were shown in the RE but not in the VE. In the remaining variables, there was only an indicative difference for fatigue in the RE. Therefore, the results suggest that although our training VE was successful in giving participants spatial presence and in not causing cybersickness, its realness and immersion provided were not enough to provoke a similar RE response. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2020 | 10.1007/s11042-019-08323-4 | Multimedia Tools and Applications |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Virtual reality, Virtual training, Real world training, Firefighter training | Computer vision,Virtual machine,Virtual reality,Computer science,Computer communication networks,Human–computer interaction,Artificial intelligence,Immersion (virtual reality),Multimedia information systems | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
79 | 9 | 1380-7501 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
2 | 0.37 | 0 |
Authors | ||
5 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Narciso | 1 | 5 | 2.13 |
| Miguel Melo | 2 | 38 | 15.35 |
| José Vasconcelos-Raposo | 3 | 20 | 5.03 |
| João Cunha | 4 | 2 | 0.37 |
| Maximino Bessa | 5 | 91 | 25.92 |