Development of a virtual environment for catapult launch officers

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dc.contributor.advisorSciarini, Lee
dc.contributor.advisorKolsch, Mathias
dc.contributor.authorKorzatkowski, Jeffrey
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Science
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Scienceen_US
dc.dateMarch 2015
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-06T19:17:45Z
dc.date.available2015-05-06T19:17:45Z
dc.date.issued2015-03
dc.description.abstractAircraft carriers are the centerpiece of the United States Navy. The primary weapon system of the aircraft carrier is the attached airwing and the combat power provided by its various aircraft. The airwing is only effective while airborne and thus dependent on the skill and training of a small number of launch officers known as shooters. Shooter training is accomplished on-the-job and often requires the launch officers to go underway on different aircraft carriers, at the expense of their parent command, in order to complete their qualifications. This thesis addresses the lack of alternative environments available for shooters to hone their skills. The results of a job task analysis provide insight into the skills required to perform the duties of a launch officer. Analysis of the data gathered from the job task analysis produced a flowchart that can be represented as a finite state machine and then reproduced in a virtual environment. A virtual environment was then created utilizing current virtual reality hardware and software to faithfully re-create an environment that presented the required attributes and scenarios to accomplish the tasks of a launch officer. This thesis yields a low-cost, portable, and safe alternative environment for shooters to perform the skills required for their training.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
dc.description.serviceLieutenant Commander, United States Navyen_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/developmentofvir1094545210
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/45210
dc.publisherMonterey, California: Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.en_US
dc.subject.authorVirtual Realityen_US
dc.subject.authorCatapult Launch Officeren_US
dc.subject.authorFlight Decken_US
dc.subject.authorTraining in Virtual Environmentsen_US
dc.subject.authorTransfer of Trainingen_US
dc.titleDevelopment of a virtual environment for catapult launch officersen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineComputer Scienceen_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameMaster of Science in Computer Scienceen_US
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