{"title":"Potential of Deployment of Virtual and Augmented Reality in Emergency Management Training via an Exploratory Interview Study","authors":"V. Pennazio, Michele Genta","doi":"10.4018/ijvple.2020070102","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This articlepresents theoutcomeof an exploratory surveyaimed todetecting the strengths and weaknessesandthedegreeofacceptanceoftheuseofvirtualandaugmentedrealityintrainingof confinedorsuspectedpollutionenvironmentsworkers.Forty-fiveItalianprofessionals(publicand private)thatworkinhealthandsafetyinworkplace,indifferentroles,havebeeninvolvedinthe survey(e.g.trainers,augmentedandvirtualrealityspecialists,researchers,healthpersonnel).The analysisofthesurveyshowedthattheuseofaugmentedandvirtualrealityallowsseveraltraining sessionsinsafety,teachworkerstoperceivetheriskandmanagethenegativeemotionsthathinder thesuccessofthework.Thesereflectionshelpedustohypothesizeatrainingproposalwiththeuse ofaugmentedandvirtualreality. KEywoRDS Augmented Reality, Negative Emotions, Risk, Training Proposal, Virtual Reality","PeriodicalId":53545,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments","volume":"127 1","pages":"15-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijvple.2020070102","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}