TESTING A BIOLOGICAL WEAPON DETECTION SYSTEM IN A
DISTRIBUTED VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT
Dr. Paul Beckman
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, California, USA
ABSTRACT
A study called
Bio-Sim was sponsored by the U.S. Army to examine the LR-BSDS (Long-Range
Biological Standoff Detection System), a laser-based biological cloud
detector. Testing of the device was
performed in a distributed virtual reality environment (DVRE). The three primary objectives of the study
were to: 1) determine appropriate tactics, techniques, and procedures for use
of the LR-BSDS, 2) gain a better understanding of those battlefield situations
and characteristics that limit the effective use of the LR-BSDS, and 3)
demonstrate the potential to use a DVRE simulation for training using the
LR-BSDS. This paper will focus on the
third of those objectives.