Hollywood set designers develop new marine simulator.

• Author: Williams, Robert H.
• Position: TECH TALK

* A nearly 10-year effort involving Hollywood set designers and military virtual-reality experts has yielded a remarkably convincing simulator for familiarizing Marine Corps troops with their combat equipment.

Called the Gruntworks Research for Infantry Testing, or GRITT, the advanced facility originated with the Office of Naval Research that two years ago launched another high fidelity training system for Marines.

GRITT uses 21 cameras that records...