What’s Real About Virtual Reality Flight 					Simulation?

Oberhauser, Matthias; Dreyer, Daniel R.; Braunstingl, Reinhard; Koglbauer, Ioana Victoria

doi:10.1027/2192-0923/a000134

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“…The fact that NASA-TLX and SIM-TLX yielded no significant differences in subjective workload is inconsistent with the results of Oberhauser et al (2018) who reported a higher subjective workload in VR than conventional flight simulator using the NASA-TLX questionnaire. Kakkos et al (2019) found no effect of flight simulation interface (computer screen vs. VR) on subjective workload either, but did find an effect of the flight simulation interface on neurophysiologybased measures of workload (Kakkos et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 71%

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Comparing Presence, Workload, and Performance in Desktop and Virtual Reality Flight Simulations

Weelden

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Alimardani

et al. 2022

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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Virtual reality (VR) offers a training environment that promotes increased learning and performance. However, to what extent VR flight simulations offer increased performance compared to less-immersive simulators is not clear, and neither are their underlying cognitive aspects. In a within-subject experiment, we compared fight performance and subjective measures of workload, presence, and engagement in two flight training environments (Desktop and VR) on two flight tasks of equal difficulty (changing speed and performing turns). No differences were observed in the flight performance between these conditions. However, participants reported higher presence and engagement in the VR training environment. Additionally, we found a correlation between subjective workload and flight performance in the Desktop condition, but not in VR. We conclude that VR is promising for basic flight training tasks and encourage future work to explore this further by investigating neurophysiological indices of workload and engagement and establishing relationships between presence, workload, and flight performance.

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“…Despite this, a lack of performance between desktop and VR on tasks the require instrument flying demonstrates that the screen resolution of the employed VR system was suitable for reading the instruments (cf. Oberhauser et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

Comparing Presence, Workload, and Performance in Desktop and Virtual Reality Flight Simulations

Weelden

Wiltshire

Alimardani

et al. 2022

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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“…The scenario was built with the HTC VIVE Pro eye VR headset as the main tool for delivery. The device was chosen for its ability to generate eye tracking data and its latency of less than 10ms in testing, a critical factor in immersive VR training (Oberhauser et al, 2018). The system was set up with two "base stations" that were located opposite to each other, which defined the space of the VR environment.…”

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An Adaptive Virtual Reality-Based Training System for Pilots

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Wozniak

Ham

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Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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The successful operation of military aviation depends on effective pilot training. Current training capabilities of the United States Air Force might not be sufficient to meet the demand for new pilots. To help resolve this issue, this implementation study focused on developing an adaptive virtual reality (VR)-based training system for pilots. This prototype was built leveraging the three fundamental components for an adaptive training system including the trainee’s performance measures, adaptive logic, and adaptive variables. The prototype was based on the startup procedure for an F-16 cockpit and included adaptive feedback, display features, and various difficulty levels to help trainees maintain an optimal level of cognitive workload while completing their training. Implementation of adaptive VR training on a wide scale has the potential to reduce training time and cost. Future work is needed to validate the effectiveness of the approach. This prototype can assist in developing future adaptive VR-training systems.

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“…Koglbauer et al [35] showed that flight performance could be significantly increased by simulator training using augmented cues, and addressed the potential use of AR cues for the pilots' orientation in the 3D space. Oberhauser et al [36] investigated the benefits and limitations of VR training and concluded that VR can partly be used to supplement simulator training.…”

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Potential Augmented Reality Application Areas for Pilot Education: An Exploratory Study

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The goal of carrying out this work was to identify potential application areas for augmented reality (AR) in pilot education by addressing gender preferences. Like the field of engineering, the aviation industry is dominated by men. Because the aviation industry forecasts a high demand for pilots, it is highly desirable to address gender diversity and improve teaching methods in pilot education. In this study, potential application areas for AR-supported pilot training were investigated by conducting a survey with 60 pilots and flight instructors (including 12 women). Typical AR use cases were presented in videos, and the pilots reported their preferences regarding similar or other AR applications used in different parts of the flight training program. AR navigation was the use case that was most frequently preferred by both female and male pilots. The majority of pilots agreed that AR could potentially be used in theoretical instruction, pre-flight aircraft inspection, and procedure training. In addition, both gender groups showed similar preferences for various gaming concepts that make learning more interesting and engaging, such as receiving positive feedback. However, a higher percentage of women than men reported that achieving a target or receiving points to successfully finish a task and answering questions during the game were satisfying. Including a story in the game to attract attention was preferred by a higher percentage of men than women. The results of this study can be used to design AR educational concepts that support gender diversity in pilot education and other technical domains.

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What’s Real About Virtual Reality Flight Simulation?

Cited by 44 publications

References 24 publications

Comparing Presence, Workload, and Performance in Desktop and Virtual Reality Flight Simulations

Comparing Presence, Workload, and Performance in Desktop and Virtual Reality Flight Simulations

An Adaptive Virtual Reality-Based Training System for Pilots

Potential Augmented Reality Application Areas for Pilot Education: An Exploratory Study

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