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A prototype virtual emergency operations center using a collaborative virtual environment
Timothy E Wright
Greg Madey
F. Fiedrich, B.V. de W.
In the realm of emergency operations, planning and training is a critical ingredient for success. The use of virtual environments can offer a convenient means of practicing and simulating activities in an emergency operations center (EOC). Although many virtual environments strive to offer realism in their simulations of weather, population, and incident happenings, they often fall short in terms of collaboration among simulation participants: unless participants are at the same physical location, their ability to see and interact with one and other is limited. Moreover, interactivity that is possible may not be truly synchronous (e.g., network lag can cause activities to happen out of order). These are compelling drawbacks to computer-based EOC simulators/trainers, since collaboration is a cornerstone for successful EOC teams. To address these problems, we present the virtual EOC. Our prototype aims to provide a collaborative virtual environment that enables interactivity among participants while executing synchronous, script-driven tests and simulations.
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url:http://idl.iscram.org/show.php?record=1099
citekey:TimothyEWright+GregMadey2008
citation:Timothy E Wright, & Greg Madey. (2008). A prototype virtual emergency operations center using a collaborative virtual environment. In B. V. de W. F. Fiedrich (Ed.), Proceedings of ISCRAM 2008 – 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (pp. 71-82). Washington, DC: Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM.
2008
ConferencePaper
text
Information systems
Risk management
Virtual addresses
Collaborative virtual environment
Croquet
Desktop virtual reality
Emergency management
Emergency operations centers
Simulation
Virtual reality
file:http://idl.iscram.org/files/wright/2008/1099_Wright+Madey2008.pdf
Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM
English
2411-3387
Proceedings of ISCRAM 2008 – 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
2008
71
82
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