Mixing the live and virtual has its benefits, but training credibility and realism must not suffer. (Photo: US DoD)
Those involved in the training and simulation (T&S) industry for a number of years have seen it all before. Staff officers or civil servants posted into a job involving T&S arrive as keen as mustard. They go to their first show, normally IT²EC or I/ITSEC, and are invariably seduced by the whizz-bang technology that is being showcased.
In the past, this seduction used to focus on visual systems – specifically, image generation. Over time, as new technologies have emerged, this technological affair has shone the spotlight on mixed and enhanced reality and that over-arching siren, XR.
These technologies
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