ORGANIZATION OF INTERACTION WITH VIRTUAL REALITY BASED ON A RUNNING PLATFORM FOR COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING OF SPECIALISTS
One of the modern tools for organizing the training process for specialists is the use of virtual training complexes, which make it possible to simulate regular and emergency scenarios of professional activity and develop the necessary competencies for students. Existing approaches to interacting with virtual reality within the framework of training complexes are based on the use of various kinds of controllers, which negatively affects the immersiveness of the learning process. The controllers also do not allow simulating the physical activity that occurs when walking or running, which is necessary when training specialists in a number of areas (Ministry of Emergency Situations, the military industry, the mining industry, and others). To solve this problem, it is necessary to use different running platforms. The study identified certain problems of existing approaches to interacting with virtual reality through a running platform. To solve them, we propose to develop new methods of platform management. The paper considers several algorithms for platform control: linear, nonlinear and nonlinear modified. We present a mathematical description of the algorithms, we carried out experimental studies, which make it possible to choose the optimal control algorithm in accordance with a set of certain metrics. The use of the developed control algorithm will improve the quality of the teacher's interaction when interacting with virtual reality on the running platform. The results obtained can be used in organizing the process of training specialists using virtual reality systems