PROTOTYPE OPERATIONAL CONTROL CENTER (OCC)

 

Virtual Reality techniques were used to design, visualize and evaluate the proposed new design of the FAA Pacific Operations Control Center (POCC). The laboratory built 3-D virtual prototypes of several proposed designs using different consoles and other pieces of furniture. Several complete virtual OCCs were developed each being different in their configuration. Evaluators were able to navigate anywhere in the control centers to examine the consoles and their layout from any vantage point. This approach enabled evaluators to quickly and inexpensively design, visualize and evaluate many different designs in a cost effective and timely manner.