WEBVTT 00:00:17.700 --> 00:00:21.788 Virtual reality really is the, that next computing platform. 00:00:21.788 --> 00:00:26.326 It unburdens us of the spatial and temporal limits for 00:00:26.326 --> 00:00:30.563 experiencing things. So you can be anywhere, from anywhere, and 00:00:30.563 --> 00:00:34.234 do anything. Whether that allows us to do, is reduce some of the 00:00:34.234 --> 00:00:40.173 costs of building full-fledged hardware devices and actually 00:00:40.173 --> 00:00:43.977 allow people to feel present and in the environment and feel 00:00:43.977 --> 00:00:48.248 that visceral reaction to real events that might be happening 00:00:48.248 --> 00:00:51.885 now only virtually, but they feel real. And so you can 00:00:51.885 --> 00:00:55.555 effectively train people with a lot lower overhead and a lot 00:00:55.555 --> 00:00:59.225 less cost with achieving those goals. 00:00:59.225 --> 00:01:03.396 Virtual reality presents an almost unlimited canvas to 00:01:03.396 --> 00:01:08.568 provide training, education, and excitement for the Sailors. 00:01:08.568 --> 00:01:12.138 It’s a total immersion into an environment is through 00:01:12.138 --> 00:01:16.976 visual, audio, and soon to be touch stimulation. You can have 00:01:16.976 --> 00:01:19.779 an entire submarine at your disposal using a headset 00:01:19.779 --> 00:01:22.082 and a small computer. 00:01:22.082 --> 00:01:28.088 It’s eye opening on so many levels. And challenging. 00:01:28.088 --> 00:01:31.291 It’s out there in industry. Leveraging it for our Program 00:01:31.291 --> 00:01:34.594 and what we do every day is exciting to me um to take us 00:01:34.594 --> 00:01:37.997 into the future and provide better training to the Navy. 00:01:37.997 --> 00:01:39.899 Um, more immersive training 00:01:39.899 --> 00:01:43.436 As the technology advances, it’s going to become even more 00:01:43.436 --> 00:01:46.773 important and more flexible in five years, ten years, something 00:01:46.773 --> 00:01:50.510 that we haven’t even conceived of at this point in time due to 00:01:50.510 --> 00:01:52.045 technological advances. 00:01:52.045 --> 00:01:55.482 What I get a lot of satisfaction out of is providing something 00:01:55.482 --> 00:01:58.118 for the students, for the Sailors 00:01:58.118 --> 00:02:01.054 Its stuff I really never thought I’d be doing at work. 00:02:01.054 --> 00:02:04.057 I can learn it on the outside and directly apply it to work 00:02:04.057 --> 00:02:07.827 on something that is new and not everybody is going 00:02:07.827 --> 00:02:10.830 to get a chance to work on, but so far, it looks like I am, 00:02:10.830 --> 00:02:12.765 and that’s thrilling.