Evaluation of virtual cockpit concepts during simulated missions
Abstract
The Virtual Environment Integration Laboratory (VEIL) of the Royal Aerospace Establishement (RAE) is described. The VEIL program is intended to provoke appropriate technological developments by exploring the human requirements of operating within a virtual cockpit whilst conducting demanding missions. Under construction is a lightweight binocular, color helmet mounted display with a wide field of view, driven by a versatile parallel architecture computer graphic system which accommodates simulated sensor images from a camera and terrain model. Prototypes of suitable display formats will be developed using a bench mounted stereoscopic viewing rig which will also facilitate investigation of critical psychophysical issues. The complete VEIL hardware will integrate eye and head position sensors, three dimensional sound, direct voice input, and tactile sensors with the binocular display system. When allied to the ground attack, helicopter and air combat simulator facilities of Mission Management Department, it will enable the practicality of operating virtual cockpit systems in a wide variety of missions and tasks to be addressed.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- April 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990STIN...9120385K
- Keywords:
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- Cockpit Simulators;
- Computer Graphics;
- Helmet Mounted Displays;
- Image Processing;
- Military Technology;
- Position Sensing;
- Sound Transmission;
- Systems Integration;
- Voice Communication;
- Binoculars;
- Cameras;
- Cockpits;
- Flight Simulation;
- Human Factors Engineering;
- Parallel Processing (Computers);
- Position Indicators;
- Tactile Discrimination;
- Communications and Radar