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The Pentagon's Ultimate Home Theater
Steve Silberman writes "I was the first reporter to see the inside of a new battle-simulation system designed by the Institute for Creative Technologies, a 'military-entertainment' think tank sponsored by the Defense Department. Starting in September, Marines, infantrymen, and Air Force pilots will train for war in Matrix-like rooms in Oklahoma simulating urban and desert environments, with surround sound and photorealistic rendering of bombing runs and other scenarios. It may or may not be the future of military training, but it's certainly the future of home gaming. My article, 'The War Room,' will appear in the September issue of Wired."
I already read the article in the processed-dead-tree-carcass, delevered-by-internal-combustion-engine copy of Wired. I'm amazed /. posted this story so late.
Can we get a "-1 Wrong" moderation option?
Can they use all that nifty technology and virtual reality to make sure Military Police and Military Intelligence units understand the Geneva Conventions?
Let's try for something to get the terrorists of the world to "fight fair" first. Starting with Moqtada al-Sadr's boys, hiding in the shrine in Najaf.
Oh, you say we have to clean our own house first? If we don't win this, cleanly or otherwise, we won't have a house left. Osama, Moqtada, and the mullahs in Iran would love nothing more than to see freedom fall.