AR-VAST

The Augmented-Reality Virtual At Sea Trainer (AR-VAST) allows SWO training for difficult situations such as small craft swarm attacks. The goal of AR-VAST is to provide the Navy and Marine Corps with training capabilities to defend against small boat attacks and for operations in littoral environments.

“Training on crew served weapons on coalition ships has not advanced to meet this new threat,” according to Lt. Nate Conger’s thesis abstract regarding AR-VAST. “The creation of a prototype Augmented Reality Virtual At Sea Train shows that emerging technologies in augmented reality systems can be used to create a low cost effective answer to this training need.”