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05.29.09US Army Expands into Virtual World Support for AmputeesA while back, the US Army hinted that it would be building a MMOG where a wide range of training could take place, as reported on Wired's Danger Room blog. The Army is now looking at another element of its activities - post-service conditions - and wishes to build a virtual space geared to the challenges of amputees. As posted on the Federal Business Opportunity Web site, the Army is soliciting a vendor to build a virtual support space. Support for amputees and their families, says the Army, "have proven to be extremely helpful to patients with a variety of ...
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12.13.08US Army Attacks Second Life with two islandsPicking up some dropped threads from my blog reader, and can't help coming back to the US Army's presence in SL. I mean, you knew it would happen eventually - Warcraft didn't make sense, after all, too hard to bring in custom content. We already posted on the Vancouver Police Department using SL as a recruitment mechanism, and we're pretty sure all types of law enforcement - the FBI, the RCMP, Interpol - has or will eventually have recruitment drives in SL. But onto the US Army. Their effort in SL, according to Nick Turse, writing on the Wired blog from ...
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08.05.08The Military on Second Life: ‘An Awkward Interface’The U.S. Army would like to use MMOs to train future generals on strategic thinking. Call it a "first person-thinker" said Major Kyle Burley to Wired. The piece was picked up by Virtual World News which noted the "benefits of virtual worlds for the military--cost savings, safety, flexibility, effective measurements, and more--and plenty of people within the military are already exploring their options." Wired, in its wisdom, asked Burley whether Word of Warcraft might fit the bill (I mean, it has the word War in the title right?) to which Burley calmly explained: "No self-respecting colonel will take all those dwarves, mages ...
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