Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Why settle for an imitation when you can have the real thing?
The US Army is building a second version of Earth on computer to help it prepare for conflicts around the world.
The detailed simulation will be drawn from a real-world terrain database and will be drawn to the same scale as the original.
The software Earth is being created for the US Army by gaming company There, which is currently working on a virtual world for gamers.
The first version of the virtual planet should be finished by September.
... combat will be a part of the game but it is also intended to let the Army simulate intelligence work as well as patrols, planning and working with indigenous populations.
I can think of an excellent Gulf region country where the Army can really plan, and really work with indigenous populations and really patch together some intelligence work!
// posted by Erik @ 2/25/2004 12:42:00 AM
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