http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive.cfm?

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Parachute troops leap into new virtual world

The Parachute Training School at RAF Brize Norton recently opened
a new virtual reality parachute trainer which uses the latest digital
imagery to create a realistic virtual world in which to train Service
personnel.

The new trainer allows parachute students to be suspended by harnesses and wear virtual
reality goggles to practise jumps in a range of realistic environments.

http://www.medgadget.com/2010/06/virtual_reality_medical_simulator_being_adopted_by_duke
_medical_school.html

Duke University School of Medicine is teaming up with Virtual Heroes, a

software simulation company out of Raleigh, North Carolina, to utilize the firms
HumanSim package as a tool for healthcare team communication training;
medical device and pharma product education; patient education; medical
recertification; clinical trial education; CME courses; and healthcare quality
assurance training.

http://www.cmdn.dundee.ac.uk/main-news/scotland%E2%80%99s-first-eye-surgerysimulator

EyeSi virtual reality simulator for intraocular surgical training, with an

interface for cataract and other eye surgery.
Funding of 150,000 was generously provided by the Speed/Pollock
Memorial Research Trust, which focuses its funding on Scottish ophthalmic
research and has supported projects for over a decade.
With the simulator, trainees can build their confidence and competence,
explains Professor Caroline MacEwen of the University of Dundee Medical
School and a Consultant Ophthalmologist at Ninewells Hospital. They can do
their first operations on the Eyesi and once theyve mastered the skills, can
deal with real patients.
http://www.siemens.com/innovation/apps/pof_microsite/_pof-fall2009/_html_en/fused-realities.html

Siemens Corporate Research (SCR) in Princeton, New Jersey, a modified Siemens C-arm Xray system suitable for use in operating rooms has been outfitted with a camera-mirror module
that produces an optical image of precisely the same area being imaged by X-rays. In practical
terms, what this means is that the surgeon takes one X-ray of the area in question, after which
the optical image is superimposed on the X-ray image. The result is that the surgeon not only
sees the area of interest on a nearby monitor exactly as it appears to the eye, but also sees the
underlying anatomy in perfect registration.
http://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality-military/index.html

Virtual reality has been adopted by the military this includes all three services (army,
navy and air force) where it is used for training purposes. This is particularly useful for
training soldiers for combat situations or other dangerous settings where they have to
learn how to react in an appropriate manner.
A virtual reality simulation enables them to do so but without the risk of death or a
serious injury. They can re-enact a particular scenario, for example engagement with an
enemy in an environment in which they experience this but without the real world risks.
This has proven to be safer and less costly than traditional training methods.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070551/Cost-cutting-Royal-Navy-train-new-recruitsVIRTUAL-ships.html

Computer-based ship simulators provide a training environment for learning skills to

steer a ship. Training can be programmed to replicate a variety of ship sizes and
environmental conditions. Scenarios depicted in 3-D graphics range from making
course corrections in open waters to maneuvering in port, rivers, or other shallow
waters. Cost compared to a real vessel is low. Mariners learn responses to dangerous
situations, such as steering failure, in the safety of a virtual environment.
Land-based ship simulators may feature a full-scale replica of a steering stand with a
ship's wheel. Such simulators incorporate magnetic and gyro compasses (or repeaters)
for steering. Moreover, a rudder angle indicator that responds appropriately to the helm
is part of the configuration.