SIMNET
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SIMNET was a wide area network with vehicle simulators and displays for real-time distributed combat simulation: tanks, helicopters and airplanes in a virtual battlefield. SIMNET was developed for and used by the United States military. SIMNET development began in the mid-1980s, was fielded starting in 1987, and was used for training until successor programs came online well into the 1990s. SIMNET was perhaps the world's first fully operational virtual reality system and was the first real time, networked simulator. It was not unlike the massive multiplayer games of today. It supported a variety of air and ground vehicles, some human-directed and others autonomous.
SIMNET was a wide area network with vehicle simulators and displays for real-time distributed combat simulation: tanks, helicopters and airplanes in a virtual battlefield. SIMNET was developed for and used by the United States military. SIMNET development began in the mid-1980s, was fielded starting in 1987, and was used for training until successor programs came online well into the 1990s. SIMNET was perhaps the world's first fully operational virtual reality system and was the first real time, networked simulator. It was not unlike the massive multiplayer games of today. It supported a variety of air and ground vehicles, some human-directed and others autonomous.
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