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The PSI Handbook of Virtual Environments for Training and Education
Developments for the Military and Beyond
 Series: Technology, Psychology, and Health
 Dylan Schmorrow, Joseph Cohn, Denise Nicholson

0-313-35165-1/978-0-313-35165-5

Description
A comprehensive look at how virtual environment technology is being used and developed for training and education in the military, and how this state-of-the-art technology is incresingly being used on civilian fronts from medical schools to elementary schools.

Reviews:
-"Editors Schmorrow (virtual environment science and technology), Cohn (lieutenant commander, U.S. Navy), and Nicholson (applied cognition and training, U. of Central Florida), and more than 100 contributors offer a comprehensive treatment of the different domains that need to be integrated for virtual environments to provide effective education andtraining. The three-volume set contains the most current thinking and research available in applying training technology. Topics include virtual environment components and training technologies, integrated systems, training evaluations, and future directions. The collection is intended for researchers, students, and managers." —Reference & Research Book News
-"This three-volume set gives a timely and comprehensive view of virtual environments...Clearly, the editors put much thought into the organization of the handbook and the selection of the other 200 contributors. The work is ambitious in its scope of coverage, with topics ranging from the basics of training and learning in virtual environments to the implementation of virtual environments. The editors term the approach used as 'metadisciplinary,' combining both psychology and technology. Because of its broad scope and its emphasis on the process of modeling, the usefulness of this work extends beyond military training to all disciplines exploring virtual environments. This work will be valuable for academic or research libraries with collections on virtual environments or training, as well as military collections...Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty." —CHOICE
About the Author
Dylan Schmorrow, PhD, is an international leader in advancing virtual environment science and technology for training and education applications. He has received both the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Leland S. Kollmorgen Spirit of Innovation Award for his contributions to the field of Augmented Cognition, and the Society of United States Naval Flight Surgeons Sonny Carter Memorial Award in recognition of his career improving the health, safety and welfare of military operational forces. Schmorrow is a Commander in the U.S. Navy, and has served at the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Office of Naval Research, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Naval Research Laboratory, the Naval Air Systems Command, and the Naval Postgraduate School. He is the only naval officer to have received the Navy's Top Scientist and Engineers Award.

Joseph Cohn, PhD, is a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy, a full member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, the American Psychological Association, and the Aerospace Medical Association. Selected as the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies' 2006 Lewis and Clark Fellow, Cohn has more than 60 publications in scientific journals, edited books and conference proceedings, and has given numerous invited lectures and presentations.

Denise Nicholson, PhD, is Director of Applied Cognition and Training in the Immersive Virtual Environments Laboratory at the University of Central Florida's Institute for Simulation and Training. She holds joint appointments in UCF's Modeling and Simulation Graduate Program, Industrial Engineering and Management Dylantment, and the College of Optics and Photonics. In recognition of her contributions to the field of Virtual Environments, Nicholson received the Innovation Award in Science and Technology from the Naval Air Warfare Center, and has served as an appointed member of the international NATO Panel on Advances of Virtual Environments for Human Systems Interaction. She joined UCF in 2005, with more than 18 years of government experience ranging from bench level research at the Air Force Research Lab to leadership as Deputy Director for Science and Technology at NAVAIR Training Systems Division.
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