ITEC 2015: Close Air Solutions and Omnifinity join forces
Omnifinity has again proven to be a trade show highlight with its immersive training environment, shown to the public in concert with Close Air Solutions (CAS) at ITEC 2015 in Prague.
The two companies have displayed a fully-connected immersive training environment, which includes a flight simulator, immersive Close Air Support Simulators (iCASS) and dismounted soldier training from the Omnideck 6 treadmill.
Omnifinity and CAS are also working alongside Immersive Display Group, Novatech and Meta VR.
The two companies have been working on connecting all of the modules for a few months in preparation for the launch at ITEC. Both
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