There are known individual differences in both ability to learn the layout of novel environments and flexibility of strategies for navigating known environments. It is unclear, however, how navigational abilities and situational awareness are impacted by high-stress scenarios and whether augmented reality (AR) could be employed to enhance performance and situational awareness.

This project will investigate three core questions:

• How does a person’s navigational abilities change in extreme situations?
• How can we best train them for these situations?
• How can vision augmentation be employed to improve situational awareness?