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AN   4632377.
AU   Dawn-T.
TI   Virtually no smoke without fire (virtual reality in building design).
SO   Electrical Review.  vol.227, no.3.  pp. 38-40.  4-17 Feb. 1994.
IS   0013-4384.
CD   ELREAG.
LG   eng.
YR   1994.
PT   journal-article (J).
TC   PRACTICAL OR PRODUCT REVIEW (P).
CP   UK.
CC   C7440.  C6130B.
DE   architectural-CAD.  software-packages.  virtual-reality.
ID   air flow.  CAD.  virtual reality.  computerised building design.  Vegas. 
     virtual egress analysis and simulation.  Colt international.
AB   Virtual reality has been hailed as the future of computerised building
     design.  The author looks at the Vegas (virtual egress analysis and
     simulation) package of Colt international which is used to simulate the
     effects of fire and smoke on people attempting to leave a building during
     an emergency.  Air flow in buildings is also examined by Colt
     International.  As a result of the simulations, buildings can be designed
     to minimise the effects of fires on people.
UP   9404.
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AN   4596533.
AU   Egsegian-R.  Pittman-K.  Farmer-K.  Zobel-R.
     Edited by: Sullivan-J-D.
TI   Practical applications of virtual reality to firefighter training.
SO   Published by: SCS.  San Diego, CA, USA.  1993.
RF   4 refs.
CT   1993 International Emergency Management and Engineering Conference. Tenth
     Anniversary: Research and Applications.  Proceedings of the 1993
     Simulationa Multiconference on the International Emergency Management and
     Engineering Conference.  Arlington, VA, USA.  pp. 155-60.  Soc. Comput.
     Simulationa.  29 March-1 April 1993.
LG   eng.
YR   1993.
PT   conference-proceeding (C).
TC   PRACTICAL OR PRODUCT REVIEW (P).
CP   USA.
CC   C7810C.  C7190.  C6130B.
DE   accidents.  computer-based-training.  emergency-services.  fires. 
     virtual-reality.
ID   virtual reality.  firefighter training.  computer generated worlds. 
     interactive training simulation.  structural fire.  skills training.
AB   Current technology allows the creation and utilization of computer
     generated worlds for many training applications.  A interactive training
     simulation is being developed to recreate a structural fire using virtual
     reality technology.  A student will be immersed in a computer generated
     environment to provide skills training without the normal environmental
     and health hazards that are created during a live fire training exercise. 
     This prototype has a number of applications to meet the training needs of
     various emergency responders.
UP   9402.
4
AN   3968002.
TI   IEE Colloquium on 'Advanced Robotic Initiatives in the UK' (Digest
     No.081).
SO   Published by: IEE.  London, UK.  32 pp.  1991.
CT   IEE Colloquium on 'Advanced Robotic Initiatives in the UK' (Digest
     No.081).  London, UK.  IEE.  17 April 1991.
LG   eng.
YR   1991.
PT   conference-proceeding (C).
TC   GENERAL OR REVIEW (R).  PRACTICAL OR PRODUCT REVIEW (P).
GN   N00014-89-J-1181.  AT&T IL SOFTWARE; NASA NAG 1-138.  88 S 698.
CP   UK.
CC   C3390.  C0100.
DE   graphical-user-interfaces.  project-engineering.  research-initiatives. 
     robots.
ID   robots.  research initiatives.  UK Security and Fire Fighting Advanced
     Robot.  SAFFAR.  project.  medical robotics.  nuclear industry.  Oxford
     University.  ROVA.  MARDI.  UK Advanced Robotics Research Centre. 
     virtual reality.  telepresence.  VERDEX.
AB   The following topics were dealt with: The UK Security and Fire Fighting
     Advanced Robot (SAFFAR) project;  advanced medical robotics in the UK; 
     robotics in the nuclear industry;  advanced robotics at Oxford
     University;  the ROVA and MARDI projects;  the UK Advanced Robotics
     Research Centre core technical programme;  virtual reality and
     telepresence;  and VERDEX project.