Examples of Virtual and Augmented World Training

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Virtual Training for Aircraft Carrier Flight Deck Crews
Office of Naval Research
Bobby Cummings

A collaborative effort between the U.S. Office of Naval Research Global (ONR Global) TechSolutions program and the Naval Air Warfare Center Training System Division (NAWCTSD) has produced Flight Deck Crew Refresher Training Expansion Packs (TEPs), an expandable framework of game-based immersive three-dimensional technologies allowing for individual, team, or multi-team training exercises. The first three TEPs will help an aircraft carrier's Primary Flight Control team. The training solutions can simulate normal operations and emergency conditions, exposing deck crews to a wide range of real-world scenarios. Said Mehdi Akacem of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, "This is really the first example I've seen of extending the value of a simulation environment to such an essential, tangible thing as a carrier flight deck." ... '