FAA Airport Tower Risk Analysis in Virtual Reality
FAA-supported virtual reality tower research focused on expert scanning and training design.
FAA
FAA Airport Tower Risk Analysis in Virtual Reality
This FAA-supported effort investigates how expert tower controllers visually interrogate airport scenes and how those patterns can inform training tools.
- faa
- air traffic control
- tower
- virtual reality
- training
Project scope
Discovering expert air traffic controller scan patterns in realistic tower environments to improve training and reduce risk.
- A realistic virtual reality tower environment is used to capture and analyze scan paths in challenging dynamic scenarios.
- The long-term goal is to identify expert strategies that can be taught to novices to improve safety and performance.
Researchers
- Dr. Ziho Kang
- Ricardo Palma Fraga
- FAA CAMI collaborators
