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05.25.09US Navy Teams Up With QwaqWe'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 ...
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11.18.08Navy Goes VirtualAccording to Mass High Tech, the US Navy has created a virtual version of its Naval Underseas Warfare Center in Second Life, the latest in a string of military-related activity in Second Life. The island is intended to duplicate the 128-acre R&D center located in Newport, Rhode Island and replicates buildings, exhibits, and the USS Virginia submarine, as shown above. Mass High Tech also reports that "NUWC said the virtual base is intended to eventually enable remote users, such as Navy sailors, to use their Second Life avatars to control actual tactical hardware/software via video networking capabilities while immersed in the ...
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