Accession Number:

ADA343575

Title:

Functional Capabilities of Four Virtual Individual Combatant (VIC) Simulator Technologies: An Independent Assessment

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept. Apr 97-Feb 98

Corporate Author:

ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES FORT BENNING GA

Personal Author(s):

• Pleban, Robert J.
• Dyer, Jean L.
• Salter, Margaret S.
• Brown, Jamye B.

Report Date:

1998-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

103.0

Abstract:

This research describes the results of an independent assesment of the functional capabilities of four virtual individual combatant VIC simulators. Infantry soldiers were given the opportunity to operate each VIC in a series of squad-based scenarios requiring the performance of both individual and collective tasks in a desert or urban setting. The results indicated that the more realistic the action or equipment used and the more reliable the VIC, the more the soldiers liked that system. An important consideration in the development of future generation VICS is the specific purpose s to be served by these systems, e.g., mission planning and rehearsal versus training individual soldier skills. The data collected from this research provide an important first step in the development of a set of dismounted infantry requirements for manned simulators that will support the integration of the individual soldier into the virtual battlefield.

Descriptors:

• *SIMULATORS
• *ARMY TRAINING
• *INFANTRY PERSONNEL
• SCENARIOS
• REQUIREMENTS
• SKILLS
• ARMY PERSONNEL
• INFANTRY
• MISSION PROFILES
• MANNED

Subject Categories:

• Personnel Management and Labor Relations
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE