{"id":36006,"date":"2015-03-23T11:12:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T15:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=36006"},"modified":"2015-03-23T13:00:06","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T17:00:06","slug":"wright-states-national-center-for-medical-readiness-demonstrates-live-virtual-training-technology-to-ohio-aerospace-aviation-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/23\/wright-states-national-center-for-medical-readiness-demonstrates-live-virtual-training-technology-to-ohio-aerospace-aviation-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State\u2019s National Center for Medical Readiness demonstrates live,\u00a0virtual training technology to Ohio Aerospace and Aviation Council"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wright State\u2019s National Center for Medical Readiness held a hostage-scenario training at Calamityville to demonstrate its Live, Virtual, Constructive technology, which combines live exercises with virtual reality designed to increase the readiness of responders.<\/p><\/div>\n

New technology that promises to revolutionize training was demonstrated to the Ohio Aerospace & Aviation Council at Wright State\u2019s National Center for Medical Readiness<\/a> (NCMR).<\/p>\n

The March 20 demonstration was organized by the Air Force Research Laboratory, with major involvement by the Wright State Research Institute<\/a>, which provides the technical systems expertise and has been integral to the university\u2019s success in the technology\u2019s conceptualization and implementation.<\/p>\n

The Live, Virtual, Constructive technology combines live exercises with virtual reality to create a performance archive designed to increase the readiness of responders.<\/p>\n

NCMR was chosen as the site of the demonstration because it has the expertise to design and execute live simulation exercise systems. In addition, it has the capacity and experience to host complex operational training and exercises upon which the technology can be used.<\/p>\n

Jim Gruenberg, deputy director of NCMR, said NCMR\u2019s Calamityville site provides the landscape, the expertise and the high-fidelity realism that enables researchers, testers and corporations to do important work for the nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe provide this environment where live, intensive activity can happen that can be tracked and captured into the virtual environment,\u201d Gruenberg said.<\/p>\n

The Ohio Aerospace & Aviation Council serves as the voice of the industry to Ohio\u2019s executive branch. Through a strong partnership with the state, the council works to strengthen Ohio\u2019s global competitiveness in aerospace. Members of the council include officials from the State of Ohio, the Air Force, NASA, universities and private industry.<\/p>\n

Members of the council received several briefings at NCMR and then were shown a live exercise, which was streamed via video and audio into the command center. Various virtual and constructive technologies were used to enhance the experience.<\/p>\n

The technology can be used in many different scenarios \u2014 from building collapses to serious auto accidents. Last March, the technology was used at NCMR in an exercise designed to train medical responders<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During last year’s\u00a0exercise, cameras and microphones captured the action. Pararescuers wore bioharnesses that monitored their vital signs, including heart and respiratory rates. All of the information and simulation rivered into the command center, where it was beamed to instructors from a wall of monitors and computer screens.<\/p>\n

People who are off-site can also view the exercise through virtual connectivity.<\/p>\n

The technology helps measure the performance of the participants, both during the exercise and afterwards through replays.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter everything is all over, they can actually tap on a specific performance measure and all the audio, visual and virtual environments align,\u201d Gruenberg said. \u201cSo they can actually see how well it was done.\u201d<\/p>\n

The March 20 demonstration also helped introduce members of the council to NCMR, which is the state\u2019s alternate emergency operations center.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is a serious enough emergency that they would have to abandon Columbus, then the entire operation of the state\u2019s emergency management agency would come here,\u201d said Gruenberg. \u201cThey would populate this entire building and run all of their operations from here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gruenberg said the selection of NCMR as the host demonstrates the value and relevancy of academics.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it demonstrates the immense amount of technological capability that the university brings to bear to benefit the community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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