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An immersive fire training system using kinect

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Lack of awareness of potential fire hazards is a leading factor of fire, especially when the child is alone. This paper presents a simulation training system to help children learn fire hazards knowledge and escape skills. The first part of this system is an application designed for theoretical study, which is featured by gesture interaction using Microsoft Kinect and large screen display environment. It includes three modules, namely animation, quizzes, and a 3D serious game. The second part is a simulated environment of fire escape route, which aims to test learning outcomes. Experimental results show the fire escape skills of 100 children are greatly improved.

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      UbiComp '14 Adjunct: Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing: Adjunct Publication
      September 2014
      1409 pages
      ISBN:9781450330473
      DOI:10.1145/2638728

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