TECHNOLOGY IS MOVING FASTER EVERY DAy.
TODAY'S THREAT IS ALWAYS CHANGING AND WE NEED TO
STAY AHEAD OF IT TO PROTECT OURSELVES.SO HOW
ARE WE TURNING THE SOLDIERS OF TODAY INTO THE
SOLDIERS OF TOMORROW AND ENSURING THAT FUTURE
SOLDIERS WILL BE AN ADVANCED DECISIVE WEAPON?
TODAYS SOLDIER IS A VASTLY DIFFERENT CREATURE THAN
THE SOLDIER OF THE PAST.
BESIDES BEING PHYSICALLY FIT, WE MUST BE TACTICALLY
AND TECHNOLOGICALLY PROFICIENT, ABLE TO MAKE
LIGHTENING FAST CRITICAL DECISIONS IN HIGH STRESS
SITUATIONS.
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SO HOW ARE WE TURNING YOUNG INEXPERIENCED
SOLDIERS INTO INTRICATE FIGHTING
MACHINES....THROUGH THE POWER OF SIMULATION AND
GAMING TECHNOLOGY.
IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO COME DOWN TO HUMAN PERFORMANCE,
IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO SOLDIERS AND LEADERSHIP
AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BEING
ABLE TO ACT AND DO THOSE THINGS BUT IN ORDER TO DO
THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO REPLICATE THOSE
ENVIRONMENTS AND CHALLENGE SOLDIERS IN TRAINING WE
TRAVELED ACROSS THE ARMY THE FIND OUT HOW THE
EXPERTS ARE USING SIMULATION AND VIDEO GAME
TECHNOLOGY TO TRAIN THE FORCE, AND TO SEE WHAT
SOLDIERS CAN EXPECT FROM THE FUTURE BATTLEFIELD
OOOOOH THAT LOOKS FUN.
SOLDIERS SHOULD BE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE
OF TRAINING IN THE ARMY THERE'S A LOT OF COOL
TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BECOMING AVAILABLE BECAUSE WE ARE
LOOKING AT THE GAMING INDUSTRY AND WERE LOOKING
AT HOLLYWOOD AND THE OTHER WAYS THINGS ARE BEING
DONE.
THE MILITARY HAS BEEN USING SIMULATION AND
GAMING TECHNOLOGY FOR TRAINING, TACTICS
ANALYSIS, AND MISSION PREPARATION FOR
CENTURIES.SO SIMULATIONS NOT A NEW THING.
ANY TRAINING THAT A SOLDIER DOES THAT IS NOT
ACTUAL COMBAT IS A SIMULATION OF SOME SORT.
EVEN WHEN WE HAVE THEM IN THE FIELD AND THEY ARE
DOING LIVE TRAINING IT'S STILL SIMULATED COMBAT.
INCOMING WHAT WE'RE DOING IS INCORPORATING MORE AND
MORE TECHNOLOGY IN ORDER TO MAKE MORE OF THEIR
AVAILABLE TRAINING TIME EFFECTIVE THIS IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE, IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY
DIFFICULT IN THOSE FUTURE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
THE THINGS WERE ASKING OUR SOLDIERS TO DO AND
TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO BE THE KEY ENABLER.THE FUTURE
OF GAMING TECHNOLOGY THERE IS SO MUCH POTENTIAL AND
EVERY YEAR THERE'S MORE.
IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WELL IN TWO YEARS
WERE GOING TO HAVE THINGS WE COULDN'T HAVE IMAGINED
TODAY.
THE ARMY IS WORKING TO PERFECT THAT WITH A
VARIETY OF NEW TECHNOLOGY AT THE ARMY RESEARCH LAB
ORLANDO'S SIMULATION AND TRAINING TECHNOLOGY CENTER
THEY'VE DEVELOPED A MIXED REALITY, WHERE VIRTUAL
ELEMENTS LIKE PEOPLE, TARGETS AND BALLISTICS ARE
MAPPED INTO A SOLDIERS LIVE FIELD OF VIEW.
WHERE'S THE BAD GUY AT?
THERE HE IS MOVING BEHIND OBJECTS RATHER THAN
THROUGH THEM.
THIS IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING IS SO
PROFOUNDLY REAL, A USER FEELS FULLY PRESENT IN
THEIR ENVIRONMENT, MAKING THE ADRENALINE PUMP AND
THEIR HEART BEAT FASTER LIKE A REAL LIFE MISSION.
GET DOWN, GET DOWN OVER THE YEARS WE USED POP UP
TARGETS, PAPER TARGETS, THAT SORT OF THING.
HOW MUCH BETTER WILL IT BE TO BE ABLE TO PROJECT AN
ACTUAL SYNTHETIC CHARACTER INTO THAT ENVIRONMENT THAT
HAS THE SAME LOOK AND FEEL OF THAT ENTITY AND ITS
MORE REALISTIC FOR THE SOLDIER AND YOU HAVE A
BETTER INTERACTION BETWEEN THE SOLDIER AND THE
TARGET.
BAM GOT EM THAT CAPABILITY WILL PROVIDE INVALUABLE
TRAINING TO OUR SOLDIERS ON THE GROUND AND EVEN
THOSE ACROSS OUR OCEANS BY GIVING US THE POWER TO
ENABLE USERS ANYWHERE GEOGRAPHICALLY TO INTERACT
IN COMPLEX VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS.
WE HAVE SO MUCH TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND BEING
ABLE TO SIT IN OUR HOME COUNTRY AND LINK TO
ANYBODY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, IT MAKES IT SO MUCH
EASIER TO DO COALITION TYPE EXERCISES.
THESE TEAMWORK APPLICATIONS ARE ALSO
BEING USED AT PLACES LIKE THE MISSION TRAINING
COMPLEX AT JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCORD...
WHERE SIMULATORS LIKE THE STRYKER VIRTUAL COLLECTIVE
TRAINER ARE ADAPTING SOLDIERS TEAM FIGHTING
TACTICS ...BY CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE SOLDIERS
CAN SAFELY REPLICATE EXPENSIVE AND DANGEROUS
SCENARIOS.
CAN I DRAG HIS BODY AND PUT IT IN THE TRUCK?
THIS IS A VALUABLE THING FOR OUR SOLDIERS TO DO; WE
ALL NEED TO FOCUS ON MAKING SURE OUR SOLDIERS
ARE PREPARED FOR THE MISSIONS WE ARE GOING TO
ASK THEM TO PERFORM.
AND GETTING MANY REPETITIONS OF A SOLDIER'S
SKILL IS THE WAY TO MAKE THEM PREPARED AND GAMING
AND VIRTUAL PROVIDE MORE SIMULATIONS THEN THE LIVE
ENVIRONMENT THAT LIVE ENVIRONMENT IS ALSO
CHANGING DUE TO VIRTUAL AND GAMING TECHNOLOGY AS
FAR BACK AS THE ROMAN EMPIRE, SAND TABLES WERE
USED REPRESENTING SOLDIERS AND UNITS IN BATTLE.
ROCKS AND STICKS.
TODAYS TECHNOLOGY IS MOVING US OUT OF THE
SANDBOX AND INTO FULL 3D REPLICAS WITH APPLICATIONS
ALLOWING US TO CUSTOM TAILOR DISPLAYS FOR EACH
INDIVIDUAL ROLE A SOLDIER WILL PLAY .... TURNING
THIS....TO THIS.
YOU JUST NEED TO TAKE PICTURES.
COULD YOU USE EXISTING DRONE SYSTEMS THAT THE
MILITARY HAS?
ABSOLUTELY.
IF YOUR ABLE TO TAKE ACTUAL IMAGERY AND PUT
THREE DIMENSIONALITY TO IT AND BE ABLE TO WALK THE
TERRAIN AND SEE ALL THE ANGLES AND EVEN SEE WHAT
THE ENEMY MIGHT SEE AND DO IT QUICKLY, THERE'S A LOT
VALUE IN THAT.
SIMULATIONS AND GAMING TECHNOLOGY IS
REVOLUTIONIZING THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS, AND ITS
FORCING SOLDIERS OUT OF THE BOX AND INTO THE
VIRTUAL WORLD IT TEACHES YOU TO OPERATE IN A
DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT AND DO DECISION MAKING...
WE TRY TO MAKE IT AS IMMERSIVE AS
POSSIBLE...AND THEN WHEN YOU DO HAVE TO MAKE THOSE
DECISIONS OR USE THOSE SYSTEMS IN A MORE
STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENT, YOU'RE BETTER PREPARED.
TRAINING NEEDS TO BE AS HARD AS THE GAME ITSELF,
MAKE THE SCRIMMAGE AS HARD AS THE GAME, SO SOLDIERS
ARE CHALLENGED AND SEE THINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN TRAINING AND NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE
BATTLEFIELD.
EXPERIENCE IMPROVES SURVIVABILITY, BUT
UNFORTUNATELY THAT FIRST NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE COULD
ALSO BE THE DEATH OF THEM SO WE WANT TO HAVE THEM
HAVE THOSE NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES VIRTUALLY SO
THAT WHEN THEY ARE OUT IN THE REAL WORLD THEY HAVE
THIS REPERTOIRE OF I KNOW THIS WORKED, I KNOW THIS
DIDN'T WORK, HOW CAN I APPLY IT TO THE EXISTING
SITUATION AS TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO CHANGE.
SIMULATIONS AND GAMING TECHNOLOGY WILL TAKE ON AN
EVEN BIGGER ROLE IN OUR ARMY.
ENSURING AMERICA'S FUTURE SOLDIERS WILL BECOME
ADVANCED DECISIVE WEAPONS.
I THINK THAT VERY SOON OUR SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT IS
GOING TO BE EVERYWHERE AT ALL TIMES AND THAT'S GOING
TO CHANGE THE WAY WE GAME, CHANGE THE WAY WE LEARN,
CHANGE THE WAY WE INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER.
EVERYONE'S PROBABLY SOMEWHAT AFRAID OF THAT,
BUT THERE ARE ALSO COMPONENTS OF THAT WE CAN
EMBRACE AND WE CAN MAKE GOOD USE OF FOR LEARNING
ILL PUT YOUR BODY IN THE BACK OF THE STRYKER OK?
NO MAN LEFT BEHIND IN HERE.