Marine Corps Looks to Virtual Reality as a Recruitment Tool
According to a request for information launched this week, the Marine Corps Recruiting Command, or MCRC, wants to “create a highly-portable virtual reality simulator” to support its recruitment of aviation officer candidates in regions across the United States. It’s in some ways an effort to entice more digital natives to join.
The RFI prompts interested entities to respond with descriptions of their relevant VR solutions by Feb. 28. The MCRC is looking to purchase, lease or partner up to gain access to a system that has open-source VR-compatible scenery, offers content creation of realistic on-the-job scenarios such as low-level canyon flight and aerial refueling, is constructed of off-the-shelf hardware that has follow-on upgrades and replacement parts, and is portable enough to fit in a standard 15 passenger van and be lifted by no more than two people at a time.
See the full story here: https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2020/02/marine-corps-looks-virtual-reality-recruitment-tool/163139/