Battlefield visualization on the responsive workbench

Author

Durbin, Jim ; Swan, J. Edward, II ; Colbert, Brad ; Crowe, John ; King, Rob ; King, Tim ; Scannell, Christopher ; Wartell, Zachary ; Welsh, Terry

Author_Institution

Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

24-24 Oct. 1998

Firstpage

463

Lastpage

466

Abstract

In this paper we describe a battlefield visualization system, called Dragon, which we have implemented on a virtual reality responsive workbench. The Dragon system has been successfully deployed as part of two large military exercises: the Hunter Warrior advanced warfighting experiment, in March 1997, and the Joint Counter Mine advanced concept tactical demonstration, in August and September 1997. We describe battlefield visualization, the Dragon system, and the workbench, and we describe our experiences as part of these two real-world deployments, with an emphasis on lessons learned and needed future work.

Keywords

command and control systems; data visualisation; virtual reality; Dragon; Hunter Warrior advanced warfighting experiment; Joint Counter Mine advanced concept tactical demonstration; battlefield visualization; real-world deployments; virtual reality responsive workbench; Command and control systems; Computer errors; Counting circuits; Data visualization; Laboratories; Large-scale systems; Manuals; Military computing; Virtual environment; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Visualization '98. Proceedings

Conference_Location

Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

ISSN

1070-2385

Print_ISBN

0-8186-9176-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VISUAL.1998.745344

Filename

745344