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A Review of Virtual Reality as a Medium for Safety Related Training in the Minerals Industry
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Tichon, Jennifer Burgess-Limerick, Robin J. |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | A common problem for high risk industries is how to provide efficient and effective safety related training. Virtual reality simulation offers the opportunity to develop perceptual expertise, perceptuo-motor skills, and cognitive skills such as problem-solving, and decision-making under stress, without exposing trainees or others to unacceptable risks. This review examines the evidence for the effectiveness of virtual reality as a medium for safety related training in a range of industries, including mining. A range of issues associated with the implementation and evaluation of virtual reality as a training medium are also presented as a means of providing a principled basis for conducting an evaluation of virtual reality as a medium for training safety related competencies in the minerals industry. While further evaluations of the consequences of training in virtual environments, and particularly regarding the transfer to real world performance, is undoubtedly required; evidence does exist to demonstrate the effectiveness of virtual reality as a medium for training perceptuo-motor skills of pilots, surgeons, and drivers of a range of vehicles including cars, trains, trucks and snow plows. Novice drivers’ hazard perception abilities can be improved via training in a virtual reality environment, as can children’s road crossing behaviour. Maintenance inspection tasks have been shown to benefit from training in virtual environments, and spatial awareness for specific locations can be similarly trained. Evidence exists to support the use of simulation to improve decision making under stress, and there is evidence to suggest crew resource management training, and team training, may be successfully undertaken in virtual environments. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://burgess-limerick.com/download/e6.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/691388/Virtual-Reality-as-a-Medium.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
