Date of Award
3-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Department of Systems Engineering and Management
First Advisor
John J. Elshaw, PhD
Abstract
Virtual Reality technology provides new opportunities for enhanced training in a variety of career field. An important feature of any training is whether the knowledge and skills learned transfer to real world work performance. Scholars call this Training Transfer. In this study, a novel approach to measuring training transfer of a Virtual Reality assembly training is designed and executed. 23 Subjects were recruited for this human subject experiment. The findings indicate that training transfer was not significantly different between VR and traditional training, however factors such as affective cognitive consistency, task complexity, perceived task workload, and conscientiousness contributed to training transfer.
AFIT Designator
AFIT-ENV-MS-24-M-179
Recommended Citation
Wood, Casey P., "An Empirical Study on the Transfer of Virtual Reality Assembly Training" (2024). Theses and Dissertations. 7780.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/7780
Comments
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