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A r e Yo u Read y ?A n In -d ep t h Gu i d e t oC i t i zen P reparedness
Cal l J os e Mus s ePhone: (347)306-0053
Virtual Simulation
BE
READY
Being preparedmeans being readyfor any kind ofemergency, be ithurricane, utility
disruption or man-made disaster.
Cathy Anderson Giles.President and CEOEquity Technologies
Corporation
Emergenciesand Simulation
Each year more than3,900 people die romires and property loss
due to ire, totalingmore than $9.6 bil-lion according to theNational Fire ProtectionAssociation.
Knowing what to doand reacting appropri-ately to make a dier-ence. Thereore, train-ing and simulation playan important part.
The emergen-cies are incrediblycomplex. Every fireand every situationis different, a virtualenvironment, whichcan be changedfairly easy, is a goodfit for this type oftraining, says Dr.Chris D. Shaw, seniorresearch scientist inGeorgia Techs Col-lege of Computingand faculty memberof the Graphics,
Visualization andUsability (GVU)
The actual computer-ized simulation helpsool the brain. Onebelieves that you areacting in the real worldand this helps build arelationship between
the neural correlates oneurocognitive unc-
tioning in virtual environments or general-ization to real world unctioning.
This means that a person trained with simu-
lators including images, animation, audiothat requires eedback creates an experi-ence or the student.
When the student aces an identical or simi-lar situation to the simulation, he or she willreact with much more conidence given thatthe brain and the nervous system considersthat it is not anything new or unknown butpart o the experience or each person.
Integrates animation and graphics,artificial intelligence technologies,sound reproduction, Hollywood story-telling, and tries to bring these togeth-er to create virtual environments fortraining purposes.
Dr. John Parmentola, Director or Researchand Laboratory Management, US Army.
One of the primary advantages of simula-
tors is that they are able to provide users with
practical feedback when designing real world
systems.
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