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Design And Evaluation Of A Virtual Reality Training System For New Underground Rockbolters, David Nutakor
Design And Evaluation Of A Virtual Reality Training System For New Underground Rockbolters, David Nutakor
Doctoral Dissertations
"The need for development of better training techniques for underground rock bolters is signified by the fact that a large number of experienced miners (Baby Boomers) will be retiring soon. This means that there will be very little interface time between the new miners and the experienced miners, which could have been used for training the new inexperienced miners. A new generation of workers (Nexters), who have grown up with computers and video games will replace the Baby Boomers, and the most efficient way to introduce them to the safety and health issues of the mining industry is to use …