Evaluation of a Virtual Reality Parachute Training Simulator: Assessing Learning in an Off-Course Augmented Feedback Training Schedule

This study evaluated the effectiveness of a virtual reality parachute training simulator as part of an extant training schedule in the Australian Army. A simulation group received training in the simulator and a non-simulation group received only classroom-based instruction. Training was assessed in subsequent live jumps with instructors using an off-course augmented feedback schedule. There was no significant difference in jump accuracy, jump safety, or confidence between the two groups. However, participants who trained in the simulator required less feedback correction during live jumps.

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