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    Simulacrum: Simulation Virtual Reality for Emergency Medical Intervention in Battle Field Conditions
    (CEUR-WS, 2018) Güleç, Ulaş; Güleç, U.; Gözcü, M.A.; Yılmaz, Murat; Doğan, S.; Meşurhan, N.; Yılmaz, M.; İşler, V.; Dinç, M.; Bilgisayar Mühendisliği; Yazılım Mühendisliği
    In recent years, virtual reality technology has become one of the most effective tools used in the field of education due to its both hardware and software features. There are several studies in the literature that have been developed using the benefits of this technology in many different areas such as military, industrial, education, health and entertainment. This research aims to create a virtual reality based system that trains military personnel on emergency response techniques in the battle environment. In this project developed with respect to the requirements of the Turkish Armed Forces, HTC Vive, one of the most successful virtual helmets, has been used in order to increase the realism of this virtual environment where individuals learn first aid techniques or reinforce their knowledge. Participants who felt themselves in a war environment using this helmet had the opportunity to learn first aid techniques related to bullet injuries, limb ruptures and arm breaks, which are the most common forms of injury in war conditions. This developed environment has been tested by both first aid technicians and experts in the military field to take their opinions about the environment. According to the results obtained from these interviews, it was seen that the designed battle environment does not contain real life risks and it provides a continuous re-opportunity to the participants so that this environment can be a useful educational tool for increasing the knowledge levels and abilities of those who will work in this area.
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    Factors That Raise the Reality of the Virtual Office Environment Designed To Educate Software Development Processes
    (CEUR-WS, 2018) Güleç, Ulaş; Güleç, U.; Yılmaz, M.; Yılmaz, Murat; İşler, V.; Bilgisayar Mühendisliği; Yazılım Mühendisliği
    Software Development Virtual Reality (SDVR) is an interactive virtual reality (VR) experience based on the tasks of software development starting from requirement analysis through software testing. The SDVR experience transports participants to a virtual world of a software development organization where they experience development problems and conflicting situations. In SDVR, the participant takes on the role of a new software developer being recruited into software development firm who should work alongside with five virtual characters, played by artificial intelligence. The purpose of this study is to explain the properties of the virtual office environment where the participants can experience software development processes in real office conditions. In order for people to gain experience, the simulated software development process should include the atmosphere and dynamism of the actual office environment. For this reason, the factors affecting the atmosphere of the virtual office environment are presented in the light of the opinions of the experts working in the field of software engineering. According to the results of this study, it is revealed that such a virtual office environment is a useful tool that can be used in the training of individuals who will work in software development field.
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    Citation - WoS: 7
    Citation - Scopus: 10
    A Literature Survey: Is It Necessary To Develop a New Software Development Methodology for Virtual Reality Projects
    (Graz Univ Technolgoy, inst information Systems Computer Media-iicm, 2017) Güleç, Ulaş; Gulec, Ulas; Yilmaz, Murat; Yılmaz, Murat; Isler, Veysi; Bilgisayar Mühendisliği; Yazılım Mühendisliği
    Software development is a complex human endeavour with high failure rates. Although a variety of software development methodologies have been proposed to improve the software development process, there is no universal model for all software development organizations. Virtual reality (VR) is an emerging trend especially for the gaming industry, which should prepare itself for VR development. The goal of this study is to explore potential software development activities and determine whether designing a new software development methodology for VR projects is an important topic for software development organizations working on VR software development. For this purpose, a literature survey has been completed and 71 academic studies have been examined in detail. This study shows that no work is being conducted in the field of developing a new methodology for VR projects. However, the study does show that there are similar endeavours in the field of human computer interaction (HCI), such as game development methodology.
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    Citation - Scopus: 2
    Digital Storytelling on a Virtual Heritage Museum With Believable Agents
    (Ieee, 2021) Kalan, Kaan; Dikbayir, Hasan Saygin; Merdivanli, Ogulcan; Degirmenci, Utku Mert; Clarke, Paul M.; Gulec, Ulas; Yilmaz, Murat
    The preservation of cultural heritage plays a very important role in terms of the sustainability of societies since culture is one of the most important phenomena that hold individuals together. However, although the protection of cultural heritage is a very important issue for societies, there are serious problems in the accuracy of information or access to information due to the verbal or written communication of the subjects that need to be conveyed. In particular, there is a serious decrease in the sense of belonging in individuals due to the inability to transfer cultural heritage to the younger generations correctly. At this point, the aim of the study is to teach individuals the Turkish horror culture by experiencing them in a realistic environment with various different stories in a virtual reality-based gamified system instead of teaching them in writing or verbally. For this purpose, a 3D virtual museum was developed within the scope of the study, inspired by real characters and areas, and it was aimed for individuals to learn Turkish horror culture elements through tasks in different scenarios. The developed system was tested by 5 experts in the field as a preliminary study and the realism level of the created system was measured with the comments of the experts. According to the findings, it has been determined that the level of realism offered by the designed virtual environment is sufficient to explain the Turkish horror culture to individuals.
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    Citation - WoS: 11
    Citation - Scopus: 13
    Adopting Virtual Reality as a Medium for Software Development Process Education
    (Assoc Computing Machinery, 2018) Isler, Veysi; O'Connor, Rory, V; Clarke, Paul; Gulec, Ulas; Yilmaz, Murat
    Software development is a complex process of collaborative endeavour which requires hands-on experience starting from requirement analysis through to software testing and ultimately demands continuous maintenance so as to mitigate risks and uncertainty. Therefore, training experienced software practitioners is a challenging task. To address this gap, we propose an interactive virtual reality training environment for software practitioners to gain virtual experience based on the tasks of software development. The goal is to transport participants to a virtual software development organization where they experience simulated development process problems and conflicting situations, where they will interact virtually with distinctive personalities, roles and characters borrowed from real software development organizations. This PhD in progress paper investigates the literature and proposes a novel approach where participants can acquire important new process knowledge. Our preliminary observations suggest that a complementary VR-based training tool is likely to improve the experience of novice software developers and ultimately it has a great potential for training activities in software development organizations.
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    Citation - WoS: 24
    Citation - Scopus: 29
    Interactive Three-Dimensional Virtual Environment To Reduce the Public Speaking Anxiety Levels of Novice Software Engineers
    (inst Engineering Technology-iet, 2019) Yilmaz, M.; Gulec, U.; Yilmaz, A. E.; Isler, V.; O'Connor, R. V.; Clarke, P.; Nazligul, M. Denizci; Denizci Nazligul, M.
    Software engineering is a set of activities that rely not only on the technical tasks but also require abilities focused on social duties such as daily meetings and product introduction presentations. However, engineers may experience elevated levels of anxiety when required to present their work in an unfamiliar environment. More specifically, they may suffer from public speaking anxiety even though they are supposed to be effective in those social tasks as well as in their engineering activities. Fortunately, previous studies suggest that the virtual exposure intervention is an effective strategy to reduce public speaking anxiety. In this study, an interactive three-dimensional virtual environment similar to real classrooms and auditoriums was developed to examine whether this might decrease the anxiety levels of novice software engineers. To compare the traditional and virtual exposure intervention, the sample set was divided equally into two groups including one experimental group and one control group. For 4 weeks, the virtual exposure intervention was conducted in the experimental group, whereas the cognitive behaviour therapy-based psychoeducation was used in the control group. The findings from authors' study illustrate that the virtual exposure intervention may represent an alternative solution to the traditional interventions for software engineers seeking to overcome public presentation anxiety.