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US military creates second Earth

edesignuk

edesignuk

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The US Army is building a second version of Earth on computer to help it prepare for conflicts around the world.

The detailed simulation will be drawn from a real-world terrain database and will be drawn to the same scale as the original.

The software Earth is being created for the US Army by gaming company There, which is currently working on a virtual world for gamers.

The first version of the virtual planet should be finished by September.
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Bloody hell!!! :eek:
 
Originally posted by Rincewind42
Would You Like to Play A Game?

:D (You either get it or you don't).
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No thanks Hal, I have a whole bloody planet to play with:D :D

I hope they get the colour of my house right, it took me ages to find.:p
 
So all they have so far is a small part of Kuwait City and the rest is just terrain? Wow, that's going to be a lot of work to get everything updated....

I wonder if they're also calling this the Matrix?

D
 
Originally posted by Rincewind42
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How about a nice game of chess ;)

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(edit), darn! Flynnstone beat me to it :mad: :D
 
I can imagine this could be quite fun if they manage to put major cities in there.

This could be the next generation of battlefield and GTA type games all rolled into one. Being able to fight over London or some other city with players from around the world.
 
reminds me of the movie 13th floor or even matrix, but very interesting the army is pushing this technology (computer simulation that is, from like AA)
 
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