Hardware & Tech
This popular gaming console's controller is famously used by the U.S. Navy to operate submarine periscopes.
What is the Xbox?
This is the primary goal: to explore how gaming intersects with military training, technology, and this field.
What is psychology?
According to the text, the military has used video games and VR for this long.
What is decades?
This is the primary purpose of building massive multiplayer simulations for soldiers.
What is training?
Often called a "Jeep," this rugged WWII 4x4 was originally produced by Willys-Overland and later Ford.
What is the Willys MB?
In addition to technology and training, this "soft science" is a key area of study regarding how games affect soldiers.
What is Virtual Reality (or VR)?
To complete the assignment, a student must select one of this many "mission options."
What is three?
This branch of the armed forces is specifically implied through the mention of periscopes.
What is the Navy?
VR allows squads to do this "together" even if they are in a digital space.
What is train?
Replacing the Jeep in the 1980s, this wide-bodied vehicle’s official acronym is HMMWV.
What is the Humvee?
This "vital" field of technology is described as being essential to modern defense.
What is gaming technology?
The briefing describes the intersection of gaming and these three specific pillars.
What are training, psychology, and technology?
Gaming tech is no longer just for play; the text defines it as this to modern defense.
What is "vital"?
This type of simulation allows a large group of people to interact in the same digital world.
What is massive multiplayer?
This 65-ton behemoth is the U.S. Army's main battle tank and is nicknamed "Whispering Death" due to its quiet turbine engine.
What is the M1 Abrams?
These massive, digital environments allow entire squads to train together simultaneously.
What are multiplayer simulations?
This is the official title of the project found at the top of the briefing.
What is the Military Gaming & Simulation Project?
VR simulations are specifically used to train this specific group of soldiers together.
What is a squad?
Modern defense relies on this to ensure squads are ready for real-world combat.
What is gaming technology?
To withstand roadside bombs, the military developed this class of armored vehicles, which stands for "Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected."
What is the MRAP?
This naval instrument, traditionally moved by heavy wheels, is now piloted via gaming hardware.
What is a periscope?
Beyond just hardware, the project aims to explore this specific human-centered science.
What is psychology?
This is the specific term used in the title to describe the digital recreations used for training.
What is simulation?
The text suggests that gaming technology helps squads prepare for this type of defense.
What is modern defense?
This fast and agile transport helicopter, operational since 1978, shares its name with a famous Native American Sauk leader.
What is the UH-60 Black Hawk?