The Physiological Assessment of VE Training System Fidelity

Abstract

This paper describes the Training Effectiveness Evaluation with neurophysiological metrics: Fidelity Assessment of VE Training Systems (TEE-FAST) framework, which offers a comprehensive assessment of physical, functional and psychological fidelity of VE training systems. TEE-FAST evaluates at the cue level how information is presented to users and how users respond, both behaviorally and physiologically, in both a VE training environment and the related operational (or live training) environment. The differences in cue presentation and user responses across VE and live tasks are evaluated to determine how effective a VE training system is at targeting specified training goals. Evaluation outcomes provide targeted design guidance regarding training utility related to each specified training goal, as well as redesign recommendations to enhance VE system fidelity and training utility.

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