department of defense

SIMNET goes online in 1987

This is a video displaying the capabilities of SIMNET which was a multi-user military simulator that went online in 1987. A few interesting quotes from the latter half of the video should have you thinking about the future of virtual reality systems.

“…you’ll be able to create anything, from a synthetic battlefield to a synthetic factory, all using the same core technology.”

“Anything that you can conceive of can be put on a network.”

“…all the way down to the guy bringing lunch out to the troops.

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