Review on visualization technology in simulation training system for major natural disasters

Li, Ning; Sun, Na; Cao, Chunxia; Hou, Shike; Gong, Yanhua

doi:10.1007/s11069-022-05277-z

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“…VR is a three-dimensional virtual world that enables individuals to feel as if they are on the scene. 20 It is defined as “an environment-building technology that enables participants to immerse themselves into their surroundings and interact with the elements.” The use of VR technology provides many benefits for building an environment for disaster preparedness, as it can be difficult to conduct disaster scenarios in real life. However, VR may help in simulating disaster situations with the avoidance of subjecting trainees to dangers.…”

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“…With VR, we can study many factors and different training scenarios in the same disaster scene by adjusting some of the parameters. 20 , 21 , 31 , 43 Moreover, the same experience from VR exercises can be repeated and replicated with different working groups in different geographical locations. 5 , 20 , 21 , 44 The recording of trainees’ data during training is one of the strengths related to VR that allows reflective thinking and improvement of preparedness plans.…”

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“… 20 , 21 , 31 , 43 Moreover, the same experience from VR exercises can be repeated and replicated with different working groups in different geographical locations. 5 , 20 , 21 , 44 The recording of trainees’ data during training is one of the strengths related to VR that allows reflective thinking and improvement of preparedness plans. 31 Trainees can use the available VR exercises repeatedly and at their own pace to help get the experience and feel of training.…”

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Use of virtual reality exercises in disaster preparedness training: A scoping review

Alshowair,

Bail,

AlSuwailem

et al. 2024

SAGE Open Medicine

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Background: The scope and number of disasters have increased over the years. This has called for more robust disaster preparedness training and plans. The use of virtual reality exercises in addition to tabletop exercises is considered a new approach to the preparation of disaster preparedness plans. Virtual reality exercises are being developed to either replace or complement current traditional approaches to disaster preparedness training. Objectives: To review and summarize the current existing literature regarding the effectiveness, advantages and limitations of using virtual reality exercises in disaster preparedness as a complementary/replacement mechanism for real-time drills and tabletop exercises. Methods: In this scoping review, we searched PubMed, Cochrane, EMBASE, PLOS, and Google Scholar for research publications involving virtual reality exercises in disaster training from 2008 to 2022 using “AND” and “OR” operators for the keywords “disaster,” “preparedness,” “virtual reality,” and “tabletop.” From a total of 333 articles that resulted in our search and were then evaluated by the authors, 55 articles were finally included in this review. Results: Virtual reality exercises are found to be better in the formulation of disaster preparedness plans compared to tabletop exercises. Virtual reality exercises can be used as the primary means of creating a real-life-like experience in disaster preparedness training and proved at least as better complementary to tabletop exercises. Virtual reality exercises have many advantages over traditional real-life or tabletop exercises and are more cost-effective, but some drawbacks are still identified. Conclusion: The advantages of virtual reality exercises are remarkable and underline their benefits and uses versus costs. We highly encourage decision-makers and institutions dealing in disaster preparedness to adopt using virtual reality exercises in training for disaster preparedness.

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Use of virtual reality exercises in disaster preparedness training: A scoping review

Alshowair,

Bail,

AlSuwailem

et al. 2024

SAGE Open Medicine

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“…For example in the field of military training, building security, education, surgical training, and mental health training. It is noticeable in their work that few approaches in the area of building evacuation have been addressed [12].…”

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Interactive evacuation in intelligent buildings assisted by mixed reality

Wächter

Rexilius

König

2022

SCS

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Intelligent buildings offer a great opportunity to evacuate people more efficiently and safely by using dynamic evacuation guidance systems in comparison to static escape route signs. Static systems are unable to react to temporary events; their signs might guide the occupants directly to the hazard in the worst case. A dynamic system on the other hand determines the hazard position and calculates and displays an alternative escape route to avoiding the hazard position. In this work, we present a detailed study of current research approaches and introduce two algorithms developed for building evacuation. The first algorithm demonstrates the static evacuation and leads directly to the nearest exit. The second algorithm reacts dynamically to temporary events such as fire. A comparison of these algorithms shows that the dynamic system is more efficient. In order to test the dynamic approach in a real environment, a device to display the evacuation route is required. We propose a novel interactive evacuation approach using mixed reality glasses (HoloLens) for user guidance. A user study shows the advantages of the HoloLens and verifies our findings from the simulation in a real environment.

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“…A promising approach to the improvement in evacuation training is to utilize Information and Communication Technology (ICT) that can heighten parameters, such as expressiveness, interactivity, recordability, and repeatability, i.e., ICT-based evacuation training. For example, disaster simulation and visualization technologies have been actively utilized not only for evacuation training but also for various kinds of disaster trainings [3]. Virtual reality (VR) has been used as an alternative to real-world evacuation training.…”

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Location-Based Game for Thought-Provoking Evacuation Training

Mitsuhara

Tanimura

Nemoto

et al. 2023

MTI

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Participation in evacuation training can aid survival in the event of an unpredictable disaster, such as an earthquake. However, conventional evacuation training is not well designed for provoking critical thinking in participants regarding the processes involved in a successful evacuation. To realize thought-provoking evacuation training, we developed a location-based game that presents digital materials that express disaster situations corresponding to locations or times preset in a scenario and providing scenario-based multi-ending as the game element. The developed game motivates participants to take decisions by providing high situational and audiovisual realism. In addition, the game encourages the participants to think objectively about the evacuation process by working together with a reflection-support system. We practiced thought-provoking evacuation training with fifth-grade students, focusing on tsunami evacuation and lifesaving-related moral dilemmas. In this practice, we observed that the participants took decisions as if they were dealing with actual disaster situations and objectively thought about the evacuation process by reflecting on their decisions. Meanwhile, we found that lifesaving-related moral dilemmas are difficult to address in evacuation training.

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Review on visualization technology in simulation training system for major natural disasters

Cited by 27 publications

References 142 publications

Use of virtual reality exercises in disaster preparedness training: A scoping review

Use of virtual reality exercises in disaster preparedness training: A scoping review

Interactive evacuation in intelligent buildings assisted by mixed reality

Location-Based Game for Thought-Provoking Evacuation Training

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