Virtual Reality System Could Train Troops on Aircraft Maintenance

Defense Tech: QUANTICO, Virginia–The military has been exploring the use of immersive virtual reality technology to train troops for combat for some time. But VR may prove useful as a way to provide cheap and convenient training for maintenance tasks as well.

Here at the annual Modern Day Marine Expo, executives with Boeing Defense are showing off a system that does just that. Using off-the-shelf motion sensors, an HTC Vive headset and controllers with a trigger and sensing pad, the program takes a service member step-by-step through an aircraft repair job, from diagnosing the problem to re-testing the part after the fix to make sure it works.

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