A multidisciplinary framework for empirical analysis of the applicability of 3D stereoscopic in Air Traffic Control

Human dependent safety critical domains such as Air Traffic Control require careful and focused interface design. The way air traffic information is presented heavily impacts the way controllers perform monitoring tasks and on their workload level. Our investigation aims to study the main implications deriving from the adoption of a three-dimensional space for the Air Traffic Control domain. In this paper, we discuss a multidisciplinary framework for the empirical analysis of the applicability of 3D stereoscopic visualization in Air Traffic Control. This framework takes into consideration three different major components: the design of visualization interfaces, the design of interactivities, and the associated human factors. This paper describes the framework adopted and the experimentation being conducted.