A SWOT Analysis of the Field of Virtual Reality for Firefighter Training.
SWOT
firefighting
human factors
training
virtual reality
Journal
Frontiers in robotics and AI
ISSN: 2296-9144
Titre abrégé: Front Robot AI
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101749350
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2019
2019
Historique:
received:
06
06
2019
accepted:
30
09
2019
entrez:
27
1
2021
pubmed:
16
10
2019
medline:
16
10
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Virtual reality (VR) research has gone through rapid advances and the technology has established itself as a valuable training tool in many domains. While research in the field of emergency response, and more specifically in the field of firefighting, is still catching up, the future potential of VR technology for training is promising. This paper uses the SWOT framework to analyse the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats immersive VR technology faces in the field of firefighter training. While using VR for training is cost-effective, safe to use and provides the ability to prepare trainees with a large variety of high fidelity training environments, the lack in specialization of the applications for the fire-service sector and issues with technology acceptance and limitations need to be addressed. Looking to current research, there are promising findings that might be directly transferable, creating affective, and multi-sensory experiences for more effective mental and physical training of firefighters in the future. More research is needed to establish methods of skills transfer from VR to real life scenarios and to evaluate the potential risk of frequent training in engaging and physiologically stimulating virtual environments.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33501116
doi: 10.3389/frobt.2019.00101
pmc: PMC7805897
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Pagination
101Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 Engelbrecht, Lindeman and Hoermann.
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