Wave Issue 0412 04/02/04 Article 3-01

***AIS announces project to Provide Virtual Reality Training to
Civilian Responder Community
(March 22)

The National Corrections & Law Enforcement Training & Technology
Center at Moundsville, West Virginia has awarded the Reality
Response Division of Advanced Interactive Systems a contract for
SVS. The SVS virtual reality training system will be used as a
pre-exercise training tool for participants in the upcoming Mock
Disaster in September. SVS provides 3D virtual reality training
for emergency response personnel.

The virtual reality simulation software supports the simulation
of terrorist attacks or other dangerous situations. Synthetic
environments are created that include location, a scenario and
support for many individuals over broadband connections.
Responders can participate simply by logging on to the LAN/WAN
through their PCs.

In advance of the Mock Disaster, Reality Response will create a
virtual model of Moundsville and insert training scenarios into
it. Prior to the September exercise, participants will be able to
train together in the virtual Moundsville without the need for
physical travel.

www.ais-sim.com/