Information on the Virtual Human
Project
The Virtual Human concept surfaced in 1996 among ORNL research staff.
Efforts to promote it within ORNL and externally developed and expanded
throughout 1997 and 1998. In 1999, Dr. Alvin Trivelpiece, then Laboratory
Director, catalyzed a workshop held at the National Academy of Sciences on
October 28 with scientific leaders and federal agency representatives.
They considered the question whether the time is right for a national
initiative in comprehensive integrated human modeling and simulation.
Workshop participants strongly supported the Virtual Human concept and a
request was made for a National Academy study and report to Congress.
Shortly thereafter a Virtual Human Roadmapping Workshop was held in
Rockville, Maryland, sponsored by ORNL and the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons
Directorate of the Department of Defense.
Our attention of late has been focused on the
DARPA Virtual Soldier Project.
A
review article on the
Virtual Human Project was published in the ORNL Review.
Other information is available at the following links.