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.