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Georgia Institute of Technology incorporates “serious gaming” in research efforts
Today's game technologies are often highly user-configurable — through a process called "modding" (short for modification) — and that adaptability helps make them useful for research purposes. »
The Runway General – Rolling Stone
'How'd I get screwed into going to this dinner?" demands Gen. Stanley McChrystal. It's a Thursday night in mid-April, and the commander of all U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan is sitting in a four-star suite at the Hôtel Westminster in Paris. He's in France to sell his new war strategy to our NATO... »
Virtual combat team enhances testing of joint capabilities
It’s a ghost army which exists only on video screens, but it is helping U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) as it conducts a live joint and coalition intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) demonstration that spans locations around the globe. The annual demonstration, Empire Challenge (EC), conducted by USJFCOM and its partners on behalf of... »
Report says US loosing edge in simulation
Science and engineering are advancing rapidly in part due to ever more powerful computer simulations, yet the most advanced supercomputers require programming skills that all too few U.S. researchers possess. At the same time, affordable computers and committed national programs outside the U.S. are eroding American competitiveness in number of simulation-driven fields. http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ensf%2Egov%2Fnews%2Fnews_summ%2Ejsp%3Fcntn_id%3D114718%26org%3DNSF%26from%3Dnews&urlhash=7DuE&_t=disc_detail_link »
Defence Simulation, Training & Wargaming 2009
The Premier Asia-focused Defence Simulation Training & Wargaming Event of the Year! In order to further simulation, training and wargaming initiatives throughout Asia, IQPC is proud to announce its inaugural event on the subject, focusing on local requirements, as well as international case studies. Asian Armies, Navies and Air Forces in the region are... »
Virtusphere and the Virtual Army Experience
Virtusphere was an invited co-exhibitor this past weekend with the traveling Virtual Army Experience at the Greater Binghamton Air Show, NY. Virtusphere was demonstrated by many members of the US Army and staff of the Virtual Army Experience with postive feedback. Local Fox News affiliate provided coverage of Virtusphere at the air show and... »
Simulation Center Proves a Cost Saver
In an ordinary office building here, the Air Force Distributed Mission Operations Center runs sorties with all the realism of combat, but without burning one drop of jet fuel. Instead of taking to the air, pilots and aircrew strap themselves into simulators, located about a mile from the Albuquerque International Sunport airport, and fly... »
VBS2 Fusion Released
VBS2Fusion heralds a new wave of VBS2 development. It provides developers with a true VBS2 API for the very first time, allowing them to add significant functionality to VBS2 without learning the VBS2 scripting language. The C++ API provides a simplistic Object-Oriented framework allowing the developer to programmatically monitor and modify VBS2 entities. The... »
Bohemia Interactive – Virtual Battlespace
Bohemia Interactive (BI) design and develop some of the most realistic battlefield simulators seen in today’s military sector. The company’s latest battlefield simulation, Virtual Battlespace 2 (VB2) is an fully interactive high-fidelity desktop battlefield simulator which is already in use with military forces throughout the world, including the US Marine Corps, the Australian Defence... »
Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) Relocation
The core of the VBS2 development team has moved to the Czech Republic. The team has two separate offices dedicated to VBS; Bohemia Interactive Australia (BIA), located in Anna Bay, Australia, and Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim), located in Prague. The team also shares an office with Calytrix in Dayton, Ohio. “The point of sale... »
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- Applied Studies Group Focus and Intent 13/03/2010