Check Out the Royal Navy’s VR Bridge Simulator

The UK’s Royal Navy has installed new VR bridge simulators developed in part by Metaverse VR. Veuer’s Matt Hoffman reports.

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00:00 No, this isn't Starfleet Academy.

00:02 It's a new virtual reality bridge simulator being used by the UK's Royal Navy.

00:06 "Man overboard, starboard, starboard."

00:08 "Check quarters."

00:09 "Head starboard."

00:10 "Head starboard, 35."

00:12 A simulator is designed to mimic modern warships as well as the environments in which they operate, for training purposes.

00:18 The Royal Navy has actually been using simulators for almost 30 years,

00:22 but according to the BBC, Lieutenant Commander Gavin Lowe calls these new models

00:26 "a generational leap forward and frankly a different game entirely."

00:30 Metaverse VR helped to develop the technology.

00:33 They say it's part of a 12-year training modernization program called Project Cellborn.

00:38 The bridge project cost 27 million pounds, or 34 million American dollars.