Gaming

Cloud, off-the-shelf gaming equipment expands flight training options

With virtual reality headsets, rubber pedal controls and video gaming chairs – along with cloud-based learning management -- the Air Force is building training systems that can be deployed to service members worldwide.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz

Army uses multiplayer game environment to crowdsource innovation

To evaluate tech advances for the battlefield, Operation Overmatch records soldiers' responses to equipment and tactics as they fight in realistic scenarios.

  • By GCN Staff

DARPA's multiplayer gaming platform for problem solving

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to build a gaming and social media platform that will engage a diverse community of creative minds to solve emerging science and technology problems.

  • By Susan Miller

Firefighter rescue game demos FirstNet potential

OhioFirst.Net built a computer game using real-life firefighting training scenarios to demonstrate the potential of FirstNet’s public safety broadband network.

  • By Amanda Ziadeh

Army aims to take its training game to the next level

The Army is looking for a Next Generation Game training solution that will provide various degrees of immersion for small to medium units in a shared environment.

  • By Mark Pomerleau

Army eyes cloud-based virtual training

The Army is making plans for a fully immersive training environment that will make soldiers’ time in the field more productive and meaningful, regardless of physical location.

  • By Mark Pomerleau

Think fast: Game trains sailors in missile response

Strike Group Defender is the Navy’s first multiplayer, game-based training program to test and evaluate personnel in surface electronic warfare.

  • By Mark Pomerleau

Video game trains soldiers to work with dogs

Using the Virtual Battlespace platform and a Kinect controller, a computer scientist at the Naval Research Lab built ROVER, a simulator that allows human handlers to practice emergency response with canine partners.

  • By Patrick Marshall

Gartner: 10 trends for smart government

The market research firm identified 10 strategic technology trends and described how government IT managers can apply them to their innovation efforts.

  • By GCN Staff

Simulation and Game Institute opens at GMU

George Mason University and Prince William County have opened the Simulation and Game Institute on the school's Prince William Campus to encourage entrepreneurship in serious gaming.

  • By Mike Cipriano

DHS-Army game engine gives first responders an EDGE

The Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment joint virtual training platform supports scenarios in which multiple organizations must coordinate with each other, as would be necessary in an active-shooter scenario.

  • By Patrick Marshall
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