The US Secret Service, in a throwback to the 20th century, currently train using tabletop simulations. Realising that 1944 was a long
time ago, they’re now looking to replace that with video games. Specifically, with a “virtual reality” [[link]] environment that uses a 55-inch stereoscopic 3D display to let trainees enter a simulated training area and view proceedings in either a first-person or third-person perspective.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); The engine powering this will be familiar to gamers: it’s called Virtual Battlespace, and is the product [[link]] of original Operation Flashpoint (and ArmA) developers Bohemia Interactive http://kotaku.com/257302/training-british-soldiers-on-flashpoint This fancy new tech replaces something called — wait for it — “Tiny Town”, a bunch of little [[link]] model streets and
locations that have been used by the Secret Service
since the 1960s Secret Service Replacing Scale Models With Game-Based Training [Gamasutra]
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