A National Agenda for Virtual Reality Research and Development

这是美国国家科学院人因委员会和计算机科学与电信委员会联合开展的一项为期一年的资助项目。国家议程通过描述技术的当前状态及其潜力来帮助定义和塑造该领域，并为近期和长期分配研发资源以促进技术开发和商业化提出理由和优先事项。该议程基于对软件、硬件、人机界面和通用研究问题的全面审查，这些问题涉及与这项技术相关的许多应用领域，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编制。几个联邦机构目前正在考虑或已经拥有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、大型多方面数据库的管理，以及用于培训和在远程环境中执行任务的应用。此外，还有一些团体在这一领域进行工业和学术研究。这项研究增进了对最先进技术、全面潜在应用以及未来研究最关键和最有希望的方向的共同理解。这项研究对各种应用的主题和原则进行了广泛的审视，例如审查了多少现实才适合提供最大利益的问题。研究委员会与国家研究理事会的其他研究委员会一样，为具有不同观点的专家提供了一个论坛，以审查问题的方方面面，并提出综合、平衡和客观的观点。他们将赞助商联系在一起，与委员会成员和彼此分享想法和关切。该项目在NSF的参与资助下，产生了一份NRC报告，阐述了虚拟现实领域的研究和开发机会。委员会运作的估计费用总额为468 900美元，为期18个月。

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.