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DVD 2016: Plextek virtual training hopes

7th September 2016 - 12:33 GMT | by Helen Haxell in Millbrook

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Despite two of Plextek projects being unsuccessful recently for the UK’s Centre for Defence Enterprise’s (CDE) agile, immersive mission training competition, the electronics and design consultancy are optimistic about their immersive virtual reality offerings.

‘We had two projects under that (CDE’s competition) which we delivered successfully to phase one. Unfortunately, neither of the projects were taken to the next stage,’ Peter Doig, business manager at Plextek told Shephard.

One of the projects Plextek put forward addressed skills development and assessment training which focused on immersive training techniques through virtual reality.

The training system attempts to predetermine a person’s

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