• Training Pedagogy
  
  

  What differentiates Virage Simulation and the VS600M is the training approach and extensive scenario library. The aim of our VS600M truck simulator is to enhance training efficiency and increase retention with engaging and stimulating learning experiences. Each of the training scenarios is based on research studies, consultations with industry experts and most importantly, feedback from our clients. Each scenario is aimed either at developing simple skills (part tasks) or combining these skills into complex skills (whole tasks). The Virage training program aims at assuring that each cognition and behavior in a complex driving sequence is understood and learned correctly, practiced extensively until mastery is achieved and then evaluated thoroughly. The advanced technology of the Virage Simulation driving simulators makes this comprehensive training approach both possible and cost efficient. Our Instructor Guide documents the training objectives and performance criteria of each scenario in order to maintain consistent and uniform teaching standards between different trainers.
  	Training Control Virage's operator station is designed for ease of use by non-technical personnel with the goal of creating a training environment where the instructor can concentrate on the training objectives and the learner's performance. Instructors can select the type of vehicle, load scenarios from the library, control objects, hazards and traffic control devices, initiate vehicle malfunctions and operate all simulator control tools at a click of the mouse.
  	Operator Station Features The features of the operator station allow trainers to focus their attention primarily on observing their students' driving behavior in order to provide them with precise and timely corrections and coaching. Time of day and weather, fog, rain, snow, wind of variable intensities, are selected through a simple cursor. The helicopter view allows for a quick exterior view of the vehicle within the driving environment. The positions of the gas, brake, and clutch pedals and vehicle speed are monitored on the operator station display. Within each scenario, the instructor can, if he wishes, reposition both stationary and moving vehicles, pedestrians or objects, by simply dragging and dropping them on the map of the scene. The optional scenario-building tool enables instructors to create almost any scenario. A camera captures in real time learners' head movements and eye-glance behavior revealing clues to the learner's situation awareness, hazard detection and decision making. The record and replay feature and alternative camera angles allow trainers to help learner's develop accurate mental models of vehicle-road-traffic interactions. Accurate mental models enable drivers to anticipate and react correctly to the vast majority of real and potential traffic conflicts they will encounter in the real world.

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