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Envisioning Mixed Realities on the Flight Deck

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Conformal 3D symbology presented on a head tracked head-mounted display (HMD) has the capability to enhanced pilot situation awareness, performance and workload by providing an unlimited field of view of operational hazards. In recent years, a body of research has emerged highlighting the technical advancements (i.e. HMD encumbrance and optical enhancements) that could enable the unique capabilities and benefits of HMDs to be realized on commercial and business flight decks in the near future. The current paper provides a systematic review of the HMD-related pilot benefits (performance, workload, situational awareness, and usability) that have been reported in the literature. We conclude by highlighting the operational contexts where HMDs might enhance pilot performance, flight safety and efficiencies.

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This article is based on work performed in the programme: Open Flight Deck, which has received funding from Innovate UK programme, the UK’s Innovation Agency, with support from the UK Aerospace Technology Institute (grant reference number 113108). The views and opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and are not intended to represent the position or opinions of the Open Flight Deck consortium or any of the individual partner organisations.

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    James Blundell, John Huddlestone, Charlotte Collins, Steve Scott, Rodney Sears & Anastasios Plioutsias

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Blundell, J., Huddlestone, J., Collins, C., Scott, S., Sears, R., Plioutsias, A. (2020). Envisioning Mixed Realities on the Flight Deck. In: Stanton, N. (eds) Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation. AHFE 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1212. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50943-9_62

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