Look Out! A Design Framework for Safety Training Systems A Case Study on Omnidirectional Cinemagraphs

Brendan John, Sriram Kalyanaraman, Eakta Jain

Abstract: Accidents occur when a person’s attention is distracted. A key aspect of safety training is directing people’s attention to potential hazards. Unfortunately, creating such hazards also puts people at risk, especially during safety training in manufacturing and construction. Virtual reality provides a training mechanism by which hazardous training scenarios can be created without putting the trainee at risk. We present a general framework for safety training systems and also present results from a case study where we create and evaluate a novel safety training environment, namely, omnidirectional cinemagraphs.