VIRTSIM^TM technology offers never-before-seen features that set it apart from any other simulator on the market. These include high capacity training that simultaneously stress a full squad of 12 trainees physically and cognitively in real-time, quick-and-easy modification of 3D scenarios between training exercises, highly skilled and interactive AI characters that engage trainees, and After Action Review from any angle or character's perspective eye-view are just a few of the unique features making VIRTSIM^TM the most effective virtual training tool.

Advantages of the VIRTSIM^TM system include:

• Provides Individual, Team, and Full Squad Real-Time Immersive Training
• Trainees are animated 'head-to-toe' Real-Time in 3D
• Physical and Cognitive Stress is Experienced Simultaneously
• Wireless Stereo Head-Mounted Display provides each trainee with their own, independent 360° view of the scenario
• High-Throughput Squad Level Training allows approximately 1,000 soldiers to be trained every 40 hours
• Trainees are able to set sighting preferences in real-time for each of their weapons
• Trainees are completely untethered and able to fire and maneuver as they would in live combat
• Systems are deployable for use in any empty space - No MILCON required
• VIRTSIM^TM systems can be networked together to allow groups at different facilities to train in the same virtual environment in real-time via an Internet connection
• Force-on-force Scenarios permit:
• Trainees vs. Trainees
• Trainers vs. Trainees
• Trainees vs. Trainees from another networked system (up to 12 vs. 12)

AI characters have unique goals and behaviors that require them to react appropriately to trainees' live actions.

AI characters choose movements from a library of motions that are blended together instantly to allow them to attack, retreat, tactically maneuver individually or as a team, and even engage in conversation with live participants. Live participants are able to give verbal commands to AI characters, such as “Get Down!” or “Hands in the Air” and the AI characters instantly respond appropriately. These commands can also be given in foreign languages for language training “with consequences!"

AI civilians will run directly across firing lines between the trainees and AI combatants, simulating realistic behaviors that can be done in live fire training exercises.

AI combatants can attack individually, attack in ambush teams, fire from rooftops as snipers, and hold/kill/release hostages among other behaviors. These aggressive behaviors are a reaction to the way in which trainees maneuver through scenarios, their scenario location, and overall operational speed.

Explosives such as grenades and IEDs have customizable damage radiuses that kill, wound, or appropriately affect the characters and environment based on an object's proximity to the explosion.

In IED training scenarios, trainees are required to identify and neutralize hidden IEDs:

• Trainers can strategically place the IEDs anywhere in the scenario
• In the trainer's view only, a red sphere indicates the trigger radius of each IED
• Also in the trainer’s view only, a yellow sphere indicates the damage radius of each IED
• IEDs detonate when any part of the trainee's body crosses the trigger radius or the trainer can detonate the IED at any time from the operator’s station
• Trainees can also neutralize the IED by correctly identifying and communicating its location

VIRTSIM^TM's 3D high-resolution virtual scenarios achieve an unparalleled level of realism. The current close quarter battle (CQB) scenarios available are Modern Office Building, Shoot House, Apartment Complex, and Urban Scenarios with Multi-Story Buildings. Long range scenarios include Mideast Village, Northern Tribal Village Street with Snipers and Ambush, IED Street, Jungle, and Sea-based Oil Platform with Helipad.

New scenarios can be designed upon request and uploaded to the system via an Internet connection. They can also be created and customized by the trainer (see Scenario Creator).

The lighting of each scenario can be changed to allow for low-light or night-vision training exercises. Night vision is provided for all VIRTSIM scenarios for more intense training.

All scenarios can be modified with VIRTSIM's Scenario Creator, permitting the operator to instantly move IEDs, walls, doorways and windows, and any other structural objects including vehicles and even landscapes like trees, piles of rubble, and more.

Trainers design their own custom training scenarios with the easy-to-use Scenario Creator interface. AI characters can be added as combatants and civilians to be positioned anywhere in the virtual environment; and assigned goals and behaviors that allow them to further stress trainees.

• VIRTSIM Law Enforcement Scenarios Allow Trainees to Use Handguns as well as M4’s
• Crawl, Walk, Run Training Methodology is utilized with a Series of Progressively Difficult Scenarios
• Law Enforcement Scenarios Include, but are not limited to: Breach and Fire Scenario with 3D Targets (Crawl), Apartment Scenario with Non-Reactive 3D AI Targets (Walk), Modern Office Building with AI Combatants and Civilians that Engage Trainees (Run), and Large Warehouse and City Street Force-on-Force Scenarios where Trainees are Opposed by a mixture of "Live" and AI Characters

• Realistic weapons are accurate weight and configured with recoil devices
• Current supported weapons are the AK47/74, M4/16, Glock 17, Beretta M9 and other pistols
• Can adapt other weapons and maintain realism
• Replica weapons equipped with shot counters and must be reloaded after the maximum number of rounds has been reached
• *NEW* Larger Weapons Systems, such as Fragmentation Grenades and Flash Bangs Have Been Added to More Safely and Cost-Effectively Train Soldiers On Proper Use.
• Appropriate Damage Effects Are Assigned To Each Weapons System

• Facility Costs Savings: There's no longer a need to build new training facilities (i.e. no MILCON required) nor to maintain or repair those damaged from extensive training.
• Ammunition Costs: Significant savings from reduced time spent in live fire training, as well as savings on ammunition during VIRTSIM^TM training since weapons are battery powered.
• Network Capabilities Create Savings in Transportation Costs: Systems can be networked to allow groups in the same or at different locations to conduct real-time training within the same virtual environment. This minimizes transporting personnel for specialized training by providing increased Home Station Training capabilities.
• "Green" Savings: Simulate live ammunition firefights, IED explosions, and other destructive combat activities without the recurring costs of repairs due to collateral damage to the training environment.