British military invests a million in virtual reality headsets for soldiers

British soldiers may soon be able to train in tricky terrains and hostile situations by popping on a pair of virtual reality headsets. The Virtual Reality Training pilot is being trailed by the Ministry of Defense through a £1 million contract with US software developer Bohemia Interactive Simulations. British soldiers may soon be able to train in tricky terrains and hostile environments by simply popping on a pair of virtual reality headsets from military simulation software developer Bohemia Interactive Simulations Head of training capability at the MOD, Brigadier Bobby Walton-Knight CBE, said: 'Innovations such as Virtual Reality offer immersive and flexible training, and this pilot is pushing the boundaries to explore how we might make best use of it.' The software developers behind the new VR headsets for the British Army, Bohemia Interactive Simulations, makes a range of military simulation products The headsets can replicate battle conditions which are hard to create in live training and potentially costly as well as create 'mixed reality' for soldiers with avatars and virtual faces and bodies The new wearable headsets are the MOD's latest foray into using virtual reality in their training.