"...for gaming..." Real simulators used by cops, the military and airlines are incredibly expensive. Computer games are just that. Games. Computer games have nothing whatever to do with reality. They are practice for playing the game and nothing else. Game programmers have never seen a real firearm never mind fired one.
I’m guessing you are an older gentlemen? Probably not up on today’s latest tech? I don’t mean that in an offensive way. Just that your statements seem very much analog in a world that has gone digital faster and faster.
Right now? Gaming drives a lot of technology innovation. And many many many gaming companies are not only hiring and using people with hands on experience (special forces and LEOs), but many programmers are also going out there and getting their own. Especially those in the VR community (which has a penchant for realism). PCs have come a long way and I would hazard a guess that you could probably run most “military” or “police” simulations on a $1000 gaming rig without an issue. That is excluding headsets of course. The hard part is getting controllers correct. But then...I’m sure you could just wire up a gun controller that you use with your own hands.
If you know of these “simulator” by name programs...I’d love for you to point them out to me so I can research them out of curiosity. I mean we have video games coming out now with budgets that rate higher than some of the biggest budgeted movies to have come out. You can get a lot done with $200 million. But anyway. Digressing. Like any training tool...it would have to be utilized correctly with fundamental ideas in place. Evaluated by top shooters. Professionals. Used In conjunction with other training. And ways to correct for error and so on. Focus would have to be put on certain ideas. First shot marksmanship, shoot/don’t shoot, draw speed and reaction shooting.
Digressing even further...nothing will beat the real thing of course. Which isn’t really the point of my thread. But ammo price IS expensive. Range fees can get ridiculous (especially for those sad people who don’t have their own place to shoot). It is just to get ideas on what exists out there for realistic shooting drills that don’t require me to drop a lot of money every day to get meaningful use from.
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