Gamified Drone Simulator is a cross disciplinary project featuring a new simulator that a offers a virtual search and rescue mission. Users control a drone with a PlayStation gamepad and need to locate a specific orange car in a virtual rural/urban terrain. This is a project in collaboration -among others- with the Hellenic Air Force Academy. Trained combat pilots, engineers and air traffic controllers have used this tool for testing purposes.
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Publications:
1) G. Pappas, D. Lappas, P. Karampelas, J. E. Siegel, I. Templalexis and S. Stavrou, “Gamified Drone Simulator: Design, Development and User Testing in a Virtual Search and Rescue Mission” in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, doi: 10.1109MCG.2025.3560537