Alcohol Effects Research Emulator System

We will build a prototype personal computer-based system called AERES, Alcohol Effects Research Emusystem. Emulations are real-time interactive immersive experiences. Emulations receive inputs from oacting on real physical devices, and bio-sensors while outputing to the subjects synthesized graphicEmulations can be created to measure subjects' responses and to verify hypothesized behavioral modelused to demonstrate alcohol-effects to subjects. The subjects may or may not be alcohol-impaired. Thmonitored in immersive virtual environments that mimic dangerous or unavailable situations. When creprotocols research requires flexibility and variability of environments. AERES gives the alcohol-effover form and content of immersive experiments and training sessions. AERES is designed to be low infriendly. AERES comprises two main components. It is an authoring system used to establish immersivethe scenario the subject experiences. The authoring system establishes the rules that determine theinteractive scenario and data recording. AERES is also the integrated hardware and software componenemulation. Phase I provides partial immersion.National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)