Using augmented reality to train flow patterns for pilot students - An explorative study

Günter Alce, Karl Johan Klang, Daniel Andersson, Stefan Nyström, Mattias Wallergård, Diederick C. Niehorster

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Abstract

Today, just as in the early days of flying, much emphasis is put on the pilot student’s flight training before flying a real commercial aircraft. In the early stages of a pilot student’s education, they must, for example, learn different operating procedures known as flow patterns using very basic tools, such as exhaustive manuals and a so-called paper tiger. In this paper, we present a first design of a virtual and interactive paper tiger using augmented reality (AR), and perform an evaluation of the developed prototype. We evaluated the prototype on twenty-seven pilot students at the Lund University School of Aviation (LUSA), to explore the possibilities and technical advantages that AR can offer, in particular the procedure that is performed before takeoff. The prototype got positive results on perceived workload, and in remembering the flow pattern. The main contribution of this paper is to elucidate knowledge about the value of using AR for training pilot students.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAugmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics - 7th International Conference, AVR 2020, Proceedings
EditorsLucio Tommaso De Paolis, Patrick Bourdot
Place of PublicationBerlin
PublisherSpringer
Pages215-231
Number of pages17
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-58465-8
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-58464-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Event7th International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics, AVR 2020 - Lecce, Italy
Duration: 2020 Sept 72020 Sept 10

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
PublisherSpringer
Volume12242
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference7th International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics, AVR 2020
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityLecce
Period2020/09/072020/09/10

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Interaction Technologies

Free keywords

  • Augmented reality
  • Flight training
  • Interaction design
  • Method

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