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Army Unveils New, Ultra-Real Simulation
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Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
Yahoo News has some info about the US Army using some advanced computer technology in training.
Littered with chunks of brown plaster and other debris, the room is decorated in a decidedly Middle-Eastern manner. A picture hangs sideways on one wall, the smashed remnants of a small vase lie on a small circular table near the kitchen area. Like a Broadway show, walls and other set pieces can be swapped out as the training merits.
Hidden speakers envelop the set, located in a shopping center-sized building, with sound effects both subtle (barking dogs) and earsplitting (bombs). And the window? It's really an oversized display screen showing an artificial cityscape with high-resolution computer graphics.
The so-called "Urban Terrain Module" where Messmer, of Wabash, Ind., and Owen, of Philadelphia, had their multimedia immersion training is a one-of-a-kind facility, part of the Army's Joint Fires and Effects Trainer System, or JFETS.
Across a darkened hallway is the Outdoor Terrain Module. It's a room with a sandy floor on which a parked Humvee faces an oversized movie screen. Soldiers see a computerized desert landscape. In this environment, too, the training is in how to precisely call in artillery strikes.
Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
But they don't have zero-point energy guns. Suck.
Posted by: saxodude
Still not too bad. Interesting simulation. I would love to get my hands on an editor for this thing and plan some campaigns. Coolest thing: you actually get physically tired while playing it.
Posted by: Ocean
wha? is it a an abnormal thing to get physically tired while playing video games or sufing the web?
my chest hurts, i should sleep, but im gonna get some bacon first.
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