“The actors respond to the officer’s tone of voice, whether the officer chooses his first response to take a weapon out to fire, so they are inside technically sophisticated video streaming around them,” Wallentine said.
VirTra’s goal is creating critical decisions for officers, solving crisis communications with high-stress levels that physically raise your heart rate so an officer comes out armed with new tools to bring into the field.
The program in Utah has been so successful they are sharing it with other states, including an Arizona agency next month.
See the full press release here: http://www.virtra.com/utah-officers-train-stressful-situations-300-degree-virtual-reality-simulator/