Reiser’s first product in VR was the third crew member station on the Airbus H145 FFS simulator.


Power and Space Required


As cool as these VR/AR training systems are in their own right, some of them need supporting infrastructures to be used as training aids. So, we asked these suppliers what extras might be required to make them work.


For Entrol’s training solution, all you need is “a good set of VR/MR goggles — currently, we use Varjo models — and a powerful computer to run the simulator,” Navacerrada said. “With MR, you also need to develop the interaction between the MR and the hardware, which can be made with chroma keys or by masking the real object.” The same is true for the AV/VR systems made by Queppelin and Reiser.


Bluedrop’s training systems, which are mostly for marine applications, come complete with everything needed in their physical training modules. If the notion of buying a trainer for marine applications seems unnecessary for a land-based search-and-rescue operation, think again. “Nearly 70% of SAR missions take place in a marine environment, where the hoist


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rescue is often accomplished using complex procedures and equipment amid wind, rain, spray, and rotor wash and locations such as a sinking vessel with many snag points for the hoist cable,” Siew said.


Tru Simulations’ Veris also needs power and space for itself and its instructor station, but that’s it. “Tru has decades of experience building level-D simulators and flight training devices, which is the highest level of training that you will see in the commercial space,” Messaris noted. By using VR in the Veris, Tru has created a cost-effective, high-fidelity training device “that has a much smaller footprint, something that could be supported now in a 10-foot by 10-foot space,” he said. In contrast, “a traditional full flight simulator may need a 40-foot by 40-foot high bay to support a device.”


As for Vrgineers? “To use Vrgineers’ XTAL system, you need the XTAL headset and Vrgineers simulator, as well as simulation software and motion-tracking system,” Polcak said. Power and floor space for it and the instructor’s station are also required.


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