EnterTrainT: Videogame-based Equipment Maintenance Training Navy SBIR FY2006.2 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2006.2 Topic No.: N06-100 Topic Title: EnterTrainT: Videogame-based Equipment Maintenance Training Proposal No.: N062-100-0450 Firm: Intelligent Systems Technology, Inc. 3250 Ocean Park Blvd. Suite 100 Santa Monica, California 90405 Contact: Azad Madni Phone: (310) 581-5440 Web Site: www.intelsystech.com Abstract: Computer-based training, while extensively used in the military, tends to be monotonously repetitive in presentation and of questionable value when it comes to material retention. Recognizing this long-standing problem, the U.S. Marine Corps has decided to harness videogame technology to make learning instructive, memorable, and fun. Phase I of this project will design an innovative videogame-based training system design that allows Marine Corps maintainers to successfully learn how to resolve a variety of equipment maintenance problems using advanced automatic maintenance test technology and a variety of general-purpose test equipment. The training system will employ brainwave monitoring to determine the state of arousal and degree of interaction that a maintainer has with the system and use that knowledge to adjust the level of task difficulty and speed of the game. Scoring will be based on the amount of time and resources that maintainers use in performing the task. Benefits: The videogame-based training system will increase learner motivation and material retention, while allowing the learner to practice equipment maintenance skills in a virtual environment. Potential applications of the system are in training both hard skills (e.g. Cisco equipment troubleshooting and maintenance) and soft skills (e.g. leadership, ethics). Return