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A prototype virtual emergency operations center using a collaborative virtual environment
Timothy E Wright
author
Greg Madey
author
2008
Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM
Washington, DC
English
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.
Information systems
Risk management
Virtual addresses
Collaborative virtual environment
Croquet
Desktop virtual reality
Emergency management
Emergency operations centers
Simulation
Virtual reality
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Proceedings of ISCRAM 2008 – 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
ISCRAM 2008
F. Fiedrich
B
Van
de
Walle
editor
5th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
2008
Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM
Washington, DC
conference publication
71
82
9780615206974
2411-3387
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