US Navy Teams Up With Qwaq
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We've already reported on the Naval Underseas Warfare Center (NUWC), a virtual home where members of the US Navy can train on a virtual submarine. Now Virtual Worlds News has the inside scoop on the Navy's upcoming training sessions that will be held in a virtual world built by Qwaq using their Qwaq Forums, a "secure virtual workspace that combines voice, video and chat communications with multi-application and document sharing."
According to an interview with a team leader at the NUWC, cost savings is one of the main selling points of using a virtual training space.
"A lot of ROI is looking ...