ERCP VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING SYSTEM

Not Available The goal of the proposed work is to create Mission Planning and Training Tool, (MPTT), a tool that will allow experienced training officers to create urban combat training scenarios in less than one hour. The importance of urban combat to the US Army is growing. Urban combat requires individual combatants to work closely with members of their tactical team while in close proximity to innocent civilians, armed civilians, hostages, and enemy forces. While simulation-based training for urban combat has advanced rapidly in the past few years, there are still gaps in the technology. One deficiency is the limited capability of existing Computer Generated Forces (CGF). We propose to create Mission Planning and Training Tool MPTT), software for simulating urban combat scenarios using a new kind of CGF. Rather than rely on complex computer intelligence, MPTT produces CGF that use the intelligence of experienced training officers who act as scenario builders. These CGF can be directly pathed, and scripted to create scenarios involving human to human interaction at close quarters, including in and around buildings. MPTT will support scenario generation, interactive mission planning, rehearsal, and training. MPTT will be a powerful and practical tool for building urban combat training simulations. BENEFITS: MPTT is dual use technology, which will be commercialized by applying it to police training, fire fighting, disaster planning systems, etc.