Virtual Reality Based Procedural Memorization of General Aviation Light Aircraft.

Abstract

Pilot’s safety and training has always been the top priority in any aviation institute. Aviation checklists form a major chunk in learning to operate an airplane. Innovative applications of immersive Virtual Reality (VR) are emerging everyday especially in the domain of training. Evidence exists to suggest that immersive VR systems tend to produce beer learning outcomes in a number of applications. Creating a VR solution

of automating the Aviation Checklists is a new and almost uncharted territory. We in- vestigate the potential for performance enhancement in checklist learning using two

VR-based training methods i.e. Passive Learning and Active Learning. We develop a training system for learning of aviation checklists for a light general aviation aircra i.e. the MFI-17 Super Mushshak. Audio-haptic-visual feedback is used to guide the users in performing checklist during training. An user study is conducted to gauge the eect of VR-based training methods on learning and memory retention was also

conducted on a test simulator developed. e control group learnt the checklists us- ing conventional paper-based method to set a baseline of performance while the two

test groups were exposed to passive and active VR training respectively. All subjects were evaluated in a VR simulation for learnability immediately aer the training and for memorability again upto four hours later. Analysis of the results indicates that immersive methods of learning checklists allow for beer learnability by 37.29% while Active VR-based learning provides beer memory retention by 49.33%.