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Improving aviation safety with information visualization: a flight simulation study

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Cecilia R. Aragon,

Marti A. HearstAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '05: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 441 - 450

https://doi.org/10.1145/1054972.1055033

Published: 02 April 2005 Publication History

Abstract

Many aircraft accidents each year are caused by encounters with invisible airflow hazards. Recent advances in aviation sensor technology offer the potential for aircraft-based sensors that can gather large amounts of airflow velocity data in real-time. With this influx of data comes the need to study how best to present it to the pilot - a cognitively overloaded user focused on a primary task other than that of information visualization.We focus on one particular aviation application, but the results may be relevant to user interfaces in other operationally stressful environments.

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Index Terms

Improving aviation safety with information visualization: a flight simulation study
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics
    1. Graphics systems and interfaces
      1. Virtual reality
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Mixed / augmented reality
      2. Virtual reality
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. User centered design

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