Raytheon. in collaboration with the Oscar-winning 3-D simulation company Motion Reality, has developed a 3-D combat training simulator for the soldiers who can freely roam in the real world while engaging in scuffles with the virtual enemies seen through the Virtual Reality glasses they are suppose to be wearing.
The simulator on display at the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) annual conference in Washington, D.C, is good to train 12 defense professionals at once, who’re in a virtually engineered real world where they’re clearing IEDs and small unit tactics, tossing real grenades and felling just real consequences of getting shot by virtual enemies. The virtual enemies have the ability to jolt the soldiers with their bullets, shooting at them, responding either to voice commands or seeing the training soldiers pointing their guns at them. The jolt isn’t as severe but being shot artificially too has consequences.
The simulator can also be used for virtual drills by the commanders, answering to the crawling and running exercises without tethering the trainees to the wires or cables. The trainers can freeze the action midway in order to explain things to the trainees or otherwise let them fight outright in a free-play session.
Via: AviationWeek/PopSci
