The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) has partnered with the National Institute of Justice, the research, development and evaluation agency of the Department of Justice, in developing a computer-generated imagery (CGI) based use of force training simulator.
The simulator incorporates CGI with weapons tracking and speech recognition. While CGI has been widely used in military training simulations, most law enforcement cognitive judgment simulations remain video-based.
CGI-based applications for law enforcement are now becoming more feasible given advances in affordable and realistic avatar rendering, including expressive face technologies.
The final objective of this project is the development of a prototype use of force training system that can be commercialized and marketed to law enforcement agencies at a reasonable cost.
System scenarios provide a high level of interaction between the trainee and the simulator through the incorporation of speech recognition and CGI-based scenario content. The prototype will include a full continuum of force options (e.g., conductive energy device, handgun, OC spray) needed for decision making in a variety of situations.
The system design approach leverages from military training systems and is built around commercial off-the-shelf software and hardware readily available to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. Technological advances achieved during the development of this prototype system will provide enhancements for military small arms and close combat training systems as well. The prototype is expected to be ready in December 2008.
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