Training of Perceptual Motor Skills in Multimodal Virtual Environments

Daniel Gopher

Research Center for Work Safety and Human Engineering Faculty of industrial engineering and Management Technion, Haifa 32000 Israel
dgopher@ie.technion.ac.il

Abstract

Multimodal, immersive, virtual reality (VR) techniques open new perspectives for perceptualmotor skill trainers. They also introduce new risks and dangers. This paper describes the benefits and pitfalls of multimodal training and the cognitive building blocks of a multimodal, VR training simulators.