训练仿真的五大趋势 top5 trends in simulationbased training
a generational shift is sweeping simulation and training, as technological advances meet the demand for increasingly realistic, more immersive training scenarios. here’s why 2014 will be an eventful year.
what makes today’s new trainees unique is how they crave and connect with continuous interaction and multisensory stimulation. this new generation has grown up on video games –playstation and xbox rather than atari and nintendo – and they are accustomed to consuming new information through interactive, multi-dimensional experiences.
the latest simulation technology helps training system manufacturers bridge the gap to create visually rich simulations that captivate and train. those driving the advances in simulation technolog y know that simulation developers need specialized tools in order to create realistic and highly accurate training scenarios. and the tools reflect the end product: powerful technology makes for powerful learning experiences.
these are the top five trends – from advances in artificial intelligence (ai) to new types of training scenarios – that are shaping simulated training environments in 2014 and beyond.
1. artificial in telligence(ai) is king
realism has an undeniable impact on the effectiveness of today’s simulation-based training products. and realism doesn’t just mean environmental and architectural features – no simulation can be called life-like without intelligent human characters that interact with their surroundings. ai technology brings an essential human characteristic to simulation and training environments, mimicking the behaviors and interactions trainees recognize as real. likewise, no simulation is truly realistic without vehicles that obey traffic lights and respect speed limits. using ai tools to incorporate common traffic flows and movements into vehicle training systems recreates conditions that are difficult and expensive to produce in the real world.
ai tools enhance immersive training simulations used for military and public safety applications. today’s trainee can interact with virtual people in real-world settings, making for more dynamic and realistic training scenarios. crowd behaviors within the contexts of rioting or unfolding disasters are impossible to recreate in live training scenarios, yet can be simulated, virtually.
urban warfare training simulations can feature a wide range of actions taken by various actors – enemy combatants, civilians, other soldiers – duplicating real-life situations. the seemingly random actions and interactions generated by ai tools bring an immersive sense of reality to the most complex training scenarios.
2.training scenarios:not just for soldiers anymore
until recently, the high cost of simulation-based training systems meant they were rarely used by organizations outside of the defense industr y. but more police and first responders are now training on simulated scenarios, thanks to the trends of affordability and ease-of-use in modeling and simulation technologies.
simulation-based training scenarios hold great potential for emergency management, homeland security and border patrol agencies, and the insights are priceless: simulation developers can use weather data to simulate a range of conditions that police and rescue workers may encounter in emergency situations.
simulations can also be used to determine evacuation procedures for a building even before it is built. these insights give trainees and organizations the power to better identify vulnerabilities, assess threats, refine strategies and tactics, inform decision-making , and develop coordinated emergency response.
3. new types of training scenarios
new hybrid training scenarios combine real and virtual environments to put trainees in high-stress and highly valuable situations. for example, trainers can use virtual radar to simulate enemy aircraft during a live flight training exercise. that gives trainees flying real aircraft the experience and heightened sense of awareness they could otherwise only get from a true combat situation. by incorporating live-action role-playing, simulated environments and virtual effects, trainers can push a trainee’s skills to the limit while controlling costs and risks of the live training experience.
there is increasing demand from trainers for scenarios that recreate specific missions and environments. and new trainees demand training experiences that immerse them in a situation. these demands drive constant innovation in the software tools that allow the quick and easy modification of synthetic environments to specific requirements.
4.compiex joint missions
welcome to the global training village. here, distributed simulations enable military personnel from around the globe to train together in a virtual world, collaborating and developing procedures on land, sea and air. these networked simulations would be impossible without the ability of different computer systems to communicate with one another. interoperability standards like hla, hla evolved, dis, and cigi are the foundations of functional distributed training systems.
as nato and us department of defense projects increasingly require certified interoperability solutions, more simulation developers are adopting open standards for communication between applications. as interoperability grows across the industry, old data and applications come to life in new and innovative ways. newer applications, too, build on past development to create new simulation experiences.
5. a greater foucus on the end-user experience
training the video-game generation means the bar is set higher than ever for realism in simulation applications. for simulation developers this means making trainees feel like they really are flying an aircraft, or that they are rising and falling on the waves with a large vessel at sea.
a decade’s worth of improvements in visualization technologies have given simulation developers the tools to enhance training experiences with a variety of realistic sensor, camera, weather and other special effects. explosions, smoke, dynamic terrain, dynamic ocean surfaces – these are what stunning, visually rich simulations are made of.