De-escalation training in an augmented virtuality space

Hughes, Charles E.; Ingraham, Kathleen

doi:10.1109/vr.2016.7504713

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“…This job interview simulator supports social skills training and coaching using a virtual recruiter and measuring applicants' conversational engagement, vocal mirroring, speech activity, and prosodic emphasis. More recently, a new platform combines TeachLivE TM with a large mixed-reality room: the human surrogate interaction space (HuSIS) targets de-escalation training for law enforcement personnel (Hughes and Ingraham, 2016). The system provides a 4 × 4 m room equipped with projectors and surround sound, where virtual agents can appear among or next to real objects in the room (e.g., tables, shelves).…”

Section: Stress Exposure and Social Skill Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Breaking Bad Behaviors: A New Tool for Learning Classroom Management Using Virtual Reality

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This article presents an immersive virtual reality (VR) system for training classroom management skills, with a specific focus on learning to manage disruptive student behavior in face-to-face, one-to-many teaching scenarios. The core of the system is a real-time 3D virtual simulation of a classroom populated by twenty-four semi-autonomous virtual students. The system has been designed as a companion tool for classroom management seminars in a syllabus for primary and secondary school teachers. This will allow lecturers to link theory with practice using the medium of VR. The system is therefore designed for two users: a trainee teacher and an instructor supervising the training session. The teacher is immersed in a real-time 3D simulation of a classroom by means of a head-mounted display and headphone. The instructor operates a graphical desktop console, which renders a view of the class and the teacher whose avatar movements are captured by a marker less tracking system. This console includes a 2D graphics menu with convenient behavior and feedback control mechanisms to provide human-guided training sessions. The system is built using low-cost consumer hardware and software. Its architecture and technical design are described in detail. A first evaluation confirms its conformance to critical usability requirements (i.e., safety and comfort, believability, simplicity, acceptability, extensibility, affordability, and mobility). Our initial results are promising and constitute the necessary first step toward a possible investigation of the efficiency and effectiveness of such a system in terms of learning outcomes and experience.

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Section: Stress Exposure and Social Skill Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%