Homeland security and virtual reality: building a Strategic Adaptive Response System (STARS).
The advent of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) underscored the need to improve the U.S. disaster response paradigm. Existing systems involve numerous agencies spread across disparate functional and geographic jurisdictions. The current architecture remains vulnerable to sophisticated terrorist strikes. To address these vulnerabilities, we must continuously adapt and improve our Homeland Security architecture. Virtual Reality (VR) technologies will help model those changes and integrate technologies. This paper provides a broad overview of the strategic threats, together with a detailed examination of how specific VR technologies could be used to ensure successful disaster responses.
Swift
Christopher
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive Lebanon, NH 03756, USA.
Rosen
Joseph M
JM
Boezer
Gordon
G
Lanier
Jaron
J
Henderson
Joseph V
JV
Liu
Alan
A
Merrell
Ronald C
RC
Nguyen
Sinh
S
Demas
Alex
A
Grigg
Elliot B
EB
McKnight
Matthew F
MF
Chang
Janelle
J
Koop
C Everett
CE
D004189:Disaster Planning; D016730:Program Development; D012637:Security Measures; D023481:Terrorism; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface