Virtual Cockpit Simulation for Pilot Training
Kai-Uwe Doer, Jens Schiefel, Wolfgang Kubbat · Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) · 2001
For some of today's simulations very expensive heavy and large equipment is needed. Examples are driving shipping, and flight simulators with huge and expensive visual and motion systems. In order to reduce cost immersive Virtual Simulation becomes very attractive. Head Mounted Displays (HMD) or CAVEs (Computer Animated Virtual Environments). Datagloves. and cheap SeatingBucks are used to generate a stercoscopic virtual environment (VE) for the trainee. IVS enhances training quality and quantity for classroom-teaching and Computer Based Training (CBT). It allows to visualize and animate teaching material in a more natural stereoscopic environment. Data of before unseen complexity can be revealed and complex models easily visualized. For the first time the trainee himself can interact with a Data-Glove in the environment and collect cockpit experience long before his maiden flight. CAVEs and Immersive Projection Screens enable "group training" to collect personal and shared experience while further enhancing training quality.