Validity of Virtual Reality Training for Motor Skill Development in a Serious Game

In order to be used for skill development and skill maintenance, virtual environments require accurate simulation of the physical phenomena involved in the process of the task being trained. The accuracy needs to be conveyed in a multimodal fashion with varying parameterisations still being quantified, and these are a function of task, prior knowledge, sensory efficacy and human perception. Virtual reality (VR) has been integrated from a didactic perspective in many serious games and shown to be effective in the pedological process. This paper interrogates whether didactic processes introduced into a VR serious game, by taking advantage of augmented virtuality to modify game attributes, can be effective for both beginners and experts to a task. The task in question is subjective performance in a clay pigeon shooting simulation. The investigation covers whether modified game attributes influence skill and learning in a complex motor task and also investigates whether this process is applicable to experts as well as beginners to the task. VR offers designers and developers of serious games the ability to provide information in the virtual world in a fashion that is impossible in the real world. This introduces the question of whether this is effective and transfers skill adoption into the real world and also if a-priori knowledge influences the practical nature of this information in the pedagogic process. Analysis is conducted via a between-subjects repeated measure ANOVA using a 2 × 2 factorial design to address these questions. The results show that the different training provided affects the performance in this task (N = 57). The skill improvement is still evidenced in repeated measures when information and guidance is removed. This effect does not exist under a control condition. Additionally, we separate by an expert and non-expert group to deduce if a-priori knowledge influences the effect of the presented information, it is shown that it does not.

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“…It should be noted that this article is an extended version of our conference paper, for this see Harvey et al [28].…”

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A comparison between expert and beginner learning for motor skill development in a virtual reality serious game

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“…Designers worked on the development of virtual reality gaming environments and used connected add-ons (eg, steams VR, virtual guns, Joystick simulators and game controllers) in order to provide more realism to the virtual games. 16,27 Several researchers proposed using a virtual reality environment for shooters training. 15,17,27,28 However, experiments showed that there is a disconnection in the interaction between the physical and virtual elements which would affect the efficiency of any training system looking for the development of motor skills.…”

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“…However, most of these devices were exclusively conceived to be used in shooting ranges. Thus, Harvey, Selmanovic 16 stated that only manufacturer information provides context to the ability of these systems to improve task performance (further information: SimHunt Shooting, Winchester Total Recoil, Dry Fire, Shot Pro 2000 16 ). Nevertheless, few studies have investigated the outcomes of shotguns sport on simple and complex reaction time, performance expectancy, and self-efficacy with a scientific purpose.…”

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“…31 It could be used for training in vivo indoor and outdoor, which is not yet possible with virtual reality solution. 16 Accordingly, the B-percept system aims to simulate the real shotgun sports technique in vivo by giving detailed and immediate feedback about reaction time results and shooting accuracy which could positively enhance performance expectancy and self-efficacy. The B-percept system is designed for research about training and assessing reaction time and performance expectations in shotgun sports.…”

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“…Though, little research focuses on shotgun competition with flying clay targets 13,14 except for studies concerning biathlon shooting. 15 Formerly, clay pigeon shooting was originally developed as a training aid and a substitute for shooting live quarry 16 and since the invention of this sport it has evolved, and now there exist several branches of clay pigeon shooting and some of these are included in competitions at the Olympic Games. The frequently attracted tens of thousands of spectators and shotgun practitioners over the last decades renewed researchers' interest in many risks involving athletes such as noise of shooting or risk of projectiles impact.…”

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Validity of Virtual Reality Training for Motor Skill Development in a Serious Game

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A comparison between expert and beginner learning for motor skill development in a virtual reality serious game

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