67 – Virtual Environments for Training & Understanding Sports Skills I: Why, How and When?

What are the potential advantages of using virtual environments
(VE) to train and study sports skills? How should a VE be
evaluated? How important is fidelity, presence, and cost? When is
the best time to use a VE in relation to skill level and physical
training? Why haven’t VE’s been more widely adopted?


 


Articles/links:


A review of virtual environments for training in ball sports


Understanding perception and action in sport: how can virtual
reality technology help?
Examination of gaze behaviors under in situ and video
simulation task constraints reveals differences in information
pickup for perception and action Action specificity increases
anticipatory performance and the expert advantage in natural
interceptive tasks   Virtual reality as a tool for the study
of perception– action: the case of running to catch fly balls

 


http://www.stack.com/a/5-pro-athletes-who-believe-madden-and-nba-2k-made-them-better-in-real-life


 


vlog #7 – Acting to Perceive


 


 


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