Developing a virtual reality environment for mining research.

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• Personal Author:
  Bellanca, Jennica L. ; Demich B ; Helfrich WJ ; Macdonald B ; Navoyski, Jason ; Orr, Timothy J.
• Description:
  Recent advances in computing, rendering, and display technologies have generated increased accessibility for virtual reality (VR). VR allows the creation of dynamic, high-fidelity environments to simulate dangerous situations, test conditions, and visualize concepts. Consequently, numerous products have been developed, but many of these are limited in scope. Therefore, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health researchers developed a VR framework, called VR Mine, to rapidly create an underground mine for human data collection, simulation, visualization, and training. This paper describes the features of VR Mine using self-escape and proximity detection as case studies. Features include mine generation, simulated networks, proximity detection systems, and the integration and visualization of real-time ventilation models. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety Software Staff Development Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Humans; Virtual reality; Mining industry; Computer programs; Computer software; Computerized simulation; Models; Training; Underground mining; Underground mines; Simulation methods; Ventilation; Visual aids
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9781510884663
• Publisher:
  Curran Associates, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PMRD - Pittsburgh Mining Research Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  41-46
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057562
• Citation:
  2019 SME Annual Conference & Expo and CMA 121st National Western Mining Conference: Smart Mining: Resources for a Connected World, February 24-27, 2019, Denver, Colorado. Red Hook, NY: Curran Associates, Inc., 2019 Aug; :41-46
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  2019 SME Annual Conference & Expo and CMA 121st National Western Mining Conference: Smart Mining: Resources for a Connected World, February 24-27, 2019, Denver, Colorado
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/247078/cdc_247078_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]