DefenceTalkThe new platform will use the latest advances in gaming innovation to improve training for personnel making it more realistic, intuitive and immersive, while lowering the costs. SimCentric, a veteran-run software company, has been awarded £300,000 by the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) to develop and trial the simulator. After initial successful trials with the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/gaming-technology-trialed-in-training-uk-armed-forces-74724/

DefenceTalkJOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas: Air Education and Training Command is working to build a faster and smarter Air Force in partnership with multiple major commands to develop a competency-based virtual and augmented-reality training capability for the aircraft maintenance and career enlisted aviator communities. As part of its Integrated Technology Platform initiative, virtual training hangars […]https://www.defencetalk.com/usaf-majcoms-partner-to-create-virtual-aircraft-maintenance-hangars-74286/

COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE: Columbus Air Force Base’s innovation flight has continued its efforts to integrate virtual reality (VR) technology into pilot training, creating quality pilots for the Air Force faster. The innovation flight created a flexible syllabus containing the essential building block approach of basic mission elements to accommodate each student’s different learning habits […]

In the blink of an eye, a multi-ton truck and trailer flips on its side to reveal what’s underneath. Bolted-down equipment moves out of the way in seconds instead of hours. A bird’s eye view reveals answers between the slimmest of openings. Using virtual reality, Soldiers from Fort Sill, Okla. are getting a rare look […]

LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE: With technology constantly changing, the Air Force is actively seeking innovative methods to train today’s Airmen with tomorrow’s technology. The Air Force is committed to world-class training for Airmen by preventing stagnation in education through constant innovation to meet the needs of a new generation through a continuum of learning. […]

DefenceTalkFor researchers at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC), there just may be no place like dome. Thanks to its new virtual-reality dome, NSRDEC’s Cognitive Science and Applications Team will be better able to study the impact of real-world operational situations on a Soldier’s cognitive abilities and performance. “The new […]https://www.defencetalk.com/virtual-reality-vr-dome-impact-of-real-life-scenarios-on-cognitive-abilities-66871/

DefenceTalkResearchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a centimeter-accurate GPS-based positioning system that could revolutionize geolocation on virtual reality headsets, cellphones and other technologies, making global positioning and orientation far more precise than what is currently available on a mobile device. The researchers’ new system could […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-gps-system-could-transform-virtual-reality-and-mobile-devices-64167/

DefenceTalkIf you think you are suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, a new form of help is available at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, or LRMC, where they can recreate the look, sounds and smell of a deployed environment to help you revisit and cope with events that have affected you so profoundly. Approximately 30 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/virtual-reality-exposure-therapy-helps-resolve-ptsd-63433/