US military using CryEngine 3 to make training sim

Awesome, out with Boot Camp, in with video games. The army's starting to look more fun. This sounds a bit like they're also picking up from those VR goggles that never quite took off in the 90's.
 
Tsar said:
More propaganda to recruit meat for the meat grinder.
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lol. You may be right, but the US army's always on some new R&D mission. Why not VR training? And if you want to simulate combat, why re-invent the wheel? Gaming's been doing that for years and the technology has already become so good.

They obviously won't stop the normal army training, but add in VR to get the soldiers to know kind of what to expect, and know the environments before they get there.
 
matt said:
lol. You may be right, but the US army's always on some new R&D mission. Why not VR training? And if you want to simulate combat, why re-invent the wheel? Gaming's been doing that for years and the technology has already become so good.

They obviously won't stop the normal army training, but add in VR to get the soldiers to know kind of what to expect, and know the environments before they get there.
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I don't care for the army.
 
Tsar said:
I don't care for the army.
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neither do I...but I am glad to see that some gaming elements are seeping through to the outside world (people who have not yet embraced the ancient art of playing games).

A lot of other fields can use this technology too...training surgeons, pilots + astronauts (I think they already do), etc
 
TheAvenged87 said:
neither do I...but I am glad to see that some gaming elements are seeping through to the outside world (people who have not yet embraced the ancient art of playing games).

A lot of other fields can use this technology too...training surgeons, pilots + astronauts (I think they already do), etc
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Ya, me neither, especially not joining the SANDF, although I'm probably too old to be a recruit by now anyway. One nice thing is that when the US army invests in a technology, they tend to make some major advances. Let's just hope that they let some of that new tech back into the gaming industry, and not just keep it for all for themselves
 
Dark_Star said:
lol i wonder how many gamers will now join the army in the states inorder to play their new toy :D
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Not too many I imagine, as many American gamers are fat, slobbish obese pigs who would probably not even make it to the front door, much less the recruitment office.
 
According to a report on GamePro, the US Army is blowing $57 million on a combat simulator built with Crytek’s CryEngine 3, most recently featured in Crysis 2. That’s a lot of cash NOT going into R&D for a proper holodeck, which does seem somewhat counterproductive, but whatever.
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Truer words have yet to be spoken.
 
matt said:
Ya, me neither, especially not joining the SANDF, although I'm probably too old to be a recruit by now anyway. One nice thing is that when the US army invests in a technology, they tend to make some major advances. Let's just hope that they let some of that new tech back into the gaming industry, and not just keep it for all for themselves
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I doubt that. We all know how much governments like to share technology with anyone. Would be cool though.
 
What's the bet that this is just an elaborate scheme to recruit FPS-Doug over from Canada "whistling:
 
wheunis said:
Amen!
ARMA was probably the worst thing ever to pollute the outside world.
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The first one perhaps. ARMA 2 was much better. Especially with mods.

The U.S just have to release this and let the modding community go mad :cool:
 
America where they spend spend spend and think they are going to get more money spending so retarded:P
 
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