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A Framework for Safety Training Using Virtual Reality Software

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Date Issued:
2015
Abstract/Description:
Safety training is a vital component to the well-being of individuals in all industries. With technology advancing at the current pace, conventional training methods are no longer the most effective way to communicate information. There is a strong need for safety training that incorporates new methods and forms of communication to obtain higher levels of comprehension. Virtual reality systems offer a highly customizable and interactive form of delivering information to users. This research addresses major gaps in the field of safety training using virtual reality systems and provides a design framework for creating a virtual safety-training system. A model for the virtual environment is designed and developed and the process and justification is described. The environment and an applied use case for this model is developed and verified using a sample of trainees that would use the model. This exploratory framework provides a significant contribution to the field of safety education through virtual reality systems and can be expanded with further research.
Title: A Framework for Safety Training Using Virtual Reality Software.
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Name(s): Riad, Rana, Author
Rabelo, Luis, Committee Chair
Lee, Gene, Committee Member
Ferreras, Ana, Committee Member
University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Date Issued: 2015
Publisher: University of Central Florida
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: Safety training is a vital component to the well-being of individuals in all industries. With technology advancing at the current pace, conventional training methods are no longer the most effective way to communicate information. There is a strong need for safety training that incorporates new methods and forms of communication to obtain higher levels of comprehension. Virtual reality systems offer a highly customizable and interactive form of delivering information to users. This research addresses major gaps in the field of safety training using virtual reality systems and provides a design framework for creating a virtual safety-training system. A model for the virtual environment is designed and developed and the process and justification is described. The environment and an applied use case for this model is developed and verified using a sample of trainees that would use the model. This exploratory framework provides a significant contribution to the field of safety education through virtual reality systems and can be expanded with further research.
Identifier: CFE0005698 (IID), ucf:50152 (fedora)
Note(s): 2015-05-01
M.S.I.E.
Engineering and Computer Science, Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
Masters
This record was generated from author submitted information.
Subject(s): Simulation -- Safety Training -- Virtual Reality -- Modeling and Simulation
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005698
Restrictions on Access: public 2015-05-15
Host Institution: UCF

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