Virtual Observer Controller (VOC) for Small Unit Infantry Laser Simulation Training

This report was developed under a Small Business Technology Transfer Research STTR Phase II contract. It describes the development of a prototype Virtual ObserverController VOC to observe the performance of and offer limited feedback to small-unit, dismounted Infantry Soldiers while training with the Soldier Visualization System SVS. The successful integration of technologies paved the way for SVS exercises that were not completely dependent on a human observercontroller. The development and implementation of the prototype VOC required several major efforts a identifying the Soldier behaviors that merit performance evaluations, b developing situation triggers in the context of a training scenario that stimulate the Soldier behaviors that will be observed and evaluated, c determining how to detect those behaviors in an automated fashion, and d developing instructional strategies that can adequately respond to both individual actions and small-unit collective behaviors.