A National Agenda for Virtual Reality Research and Development

这是一个为期一年的资助参与国家科学院人因委员会和计算机科学和电信委员会的联合项目。国家议程通过描述技术的现状及其潜力，帮助界定和塑造该领域，并为研究和开发资源的近期和长期分配提出理由和优先事项，以进一步发展技术和商业化。该议程是由公共和私营部门的研究人员和开发人员组成的多学科委员会在对软件、硬件、人机界面和与该技术相关的许多应用领域的一般研究问题进行全面审查的基础上编写的。一些联邦机构目前正在考虑或已经有了涉及虚拟现实研究和开发应用的一个或多个方面的研究和开发计划，包括设备设计、科学可视化、大型多面数据库的管理以及远程环境中培训和任务执行的应用。此外，也有一些团体在这一领域进行工业和学术研究。这项研究增加了对技术现状的共同理解，对潜在应用的全部范围，以及对未来研究最关键和最有希望的方向。该研究对各种应用的主题和原则采取了广泛的看法，例如检查多少现实适合提供最大利益的问题。与其他国家研究委员会的研究委员会一样，研究委员会为具有不同观点的专家提供了一个论坛，以审查一个问题的各个方面，并提出一个综合、平衡和客观的观点。他们将赞助商的联络人聚集在一起，与委员会成员和彼此分享想法和关注的问题。在NSF的参与资助下，该项目产生了一份NRC报告，阐述了虚拟现实领域的研究和发展机会。委员会在18个月期间的业务费用总额估计为468 900美元。

This is a one year funding participation in a joint project of the Committee on Human Factors of the National Academy of Sciences and the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board. The national agenda helps to define and shape the field by describing the current state of the technology and its potential, and to suggest a rationale and priorities for the near-and long-term allocation of R & D resources to further technology development and commercialization. The agenda, based on a comprehensive review of software, hardware, human-computer interfaces, and generic research issues that cut across many application domains associated with this technology, is prepared by a multidisciplinary committee of researchers and developers in the public and private sectors. Several federal agencies are currently considering or already have research and development programs involving one or more aspects of applications of virtual reality research and development including equipment design, scientific visualization, the management of large multifaceted databases, and applications for training and the performance of tasks in remote environments. Also, there are groups doing industrial and academic research in this area. The study increases the shared understanding of the state of the art, of the full range of potential applications, and of the most critical and promising directions for future research. The study takes a broad view of the themes and principles across applications such as examining the issue of how much reality is appropriate to provide maximum benefit. The study committee, as other National Research Council study committees, provides a forum for experts with different perspectives to examine all sides of an issue and present an integrated, balanced and objective view. They bring together sponsor liaisons to share ideas and concerns with committee members and one another. This project, with NSF's participatory funding, produces an NRC report addressing research and development opportunities in the field of virtual reality. The estimated total cost for the committee operation is $468,900 over an 18-month period.