Design and Development of an Interactive and Intelligent Wood Harvester Machine Operator Simulator

Barve Pranjali Ramesh, Ian Backus, Raffaele de Amicis

2025

Abstract

This paper presents the design and development of a virtual reality (VR) forestry harvester simulator, optimized for the untethered Meta Quest. The simulator offers an immersive training environment where users can practice essential harvester operations such as navigation, tree processing, and control of the harvester head and boom. A comprehensive functional evaluation was conducted using 20 black-box test cases to ensure the simulator functions as intended, with testing performed in both standalone and PC-tethered configurations. The results confirmed the simulator’s reliability, highlighting differences in responsiveness and graphical performance across configurations. With the portability and accessibility of the Meta Quest, the system provides a flexible, cost-effective solution suitable for both training and educational applications. Future work will focus on evaluating the usability of the system and validating its effectiveness within formal educational settings by integrating the simulator into forestry curricula.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ramesh B., Backus I. and de Amicis R. (2025). Design and Development of an Interactive and Intelligent Wood Harvester Machine Operator Simulator. In Proceedings of the 20th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP; ISBN 978-989-758-728-3, SciTePress, pages 276-283. DOI: 10.5220/0013188000003912

in Bibtex Style

@conference{grapp25,
author={Barve Ramesh and Ian Backus and Raffaele de Amicis},
title={Design and Development of an Interactive and Intelligent Wood Harvester Machine Operator Simulator},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 20th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP},
year={2025},
pages={276-283},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013188000003912},
isbn={978-989-758-728-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 20th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP
TI - Design and Development of an Interactive and Intelligent Wood Harvester Machine Operator Simulator
SN - 978-989-758-728-3
AU - Ramesh B.
AU - Backus I.
AU - de Amicis R.
PY - 2025
SP - 276
EP - 283
DO - 10.5220/0013188000003912
PB - SciTePress