Use of immersive 3D virtual reality environments in control room validations - 203
- Fortum Power and Heat Oy Keilaniementie 1, Espoo, P.O.Box 100, 00048 Fortum (Finland)
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Vuorimiehentie 3, Espoo, P.O.Box 1000, 02044 VTT (Finland)
Advanced technologies (e.g., virtual and augmented reality) may provide new possibilities to facilitate control room (CR) design and evaluation activities. We studied how immersive 3D environments may augment and advance the evaluation of safety-critical CR systems. The 3D virtual reality (VR) CR was compared with a real-life development simulator environment where hardwired panels were substituted with Virtual panels. A multi-user functionality enables several operators to be and collaborate in the same VR CR environment at the same time. There is also a realistic representation of emergency operating procedures in the VR CR. Spatial audio communication through headsets makes the experience even more realistic. The results section of the paper address both technical and human factors issues associated with the use of immersive 3D VR environments in CR validation tests, e.g.: amount of technical resources required as compared to normal validation in a real-life simulator environment, creation of methodologically new testing opportunities and new opportunities to data registration and analysis. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- American Nuclear Society - ANS, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 23035328
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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