From grof@hitl.washington.edu Fri May 8 14:45:51 1998 Received: from burdell.cc.gatech.edu (root@burdell.cc.gatech.edu [130.207.3.207]) by lennon.cc.gatech.edu (8.8.4/8.6.9) with ESMTP id OAA14975 for ; Fri, 8 May 1998 14:45:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from wheaten.hitl.washington.edu (+5sjNRfoW9hR6rfNxmlGXFa6Uq3pg4Uh@[128.95.73.60]) by burdell.cc.gatech.edu (8.8.4/8.6.9) with ESMTP id OAA08068 for ; Fri, 8 May 1998 14:45:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from stout.hitl.washington.edu (t4/G6bKx1U9mbHqkKmWEhzBgnSVBLUrQ@stout.hitl.washington.edu [128.95.74.41]) by wheaten.hitl.washington.edu (8.8.8/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA12725; Fri, 8 May 1998 11:45:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 11:45:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Billinghurst To: Jeff Pierce cc: 3D UI List <3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: What is 3D good for? In-Reply-To: <199805081833.LAA20325@wheaten.hitl.washington.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Status: RO On Fri, 8 May 1998, Jeff Pierce wrote: > >Offline training/rehearsal - practice real world tasks in VE > > Has anyone seen a study that confirms transfer of training in this area? I > remember Bowen Loftin did some work with NASA, but the results were > somewhat less than conclusive. Adams consulting put together a nice VE training environment for Motorola which apparently produced great transfer of training. Take a look at their web page http://www.adams-consult.com/ or the details of the Motorola study at http://www.adams-consult.com/motorola.html I think that transfer of training will be task specific so results may vary from VE to VE and hence to hard to measure .. > >Communication - VE for sharing ideas with others > > Am I the only one who's bothered by people who're trying to do "virtual > videoconferencing"? Talk about using a new medium to emulate an old one. Virtual videoconferencing makes sense if you're trying to reproduce spatial cues lost in traditional video conferencing, or perhaps provide non-verbal cues that cannot be transmitted over jerky video. Let me know if you want more info .. I think Augmented Reality is another application area where HMDs are vital. In fact I think in the next 5-10 years time we'll see more HMDs used in Augemented Reality and/or wearable computing applications than immersive VEs. Mark +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mark Billinghurst | Human Interface Technology Laboratory grof@hitl.washington.edu | University of Washington, Box 352-142 fax: +1-206-543-5380 | Seattle, WA 98195