The Military Metaverse by Andy Fawkes, David Burden - 9781032600536

The Military MetaverseAuthor(s): Andy Fawkes, David Burden\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Chapman & Hall/CRC\nISBN-13: 9781032600536, 978-1032600536\nSynopsis\nThe Military Metaverse explores the impact that the Metaverse is having today on how the worlds militaries procure, maintain, train, plan, and fight, and how the Metaverse presents new challenges and opportunities for future conflict.\n\nThe military were early adopters of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality technologies and wider simulation systems. Before 2010 they were one of the few sectors that could afford the technology, and millions of military R dollars went into developing and understanding these technologies. However, as the democratisation of Metaverse technologies has happened over the past decade, there is a danger that militaries have been overtaken and caught short, encumbered with often costly legacy systems, sold and maintained by prime contractors, whil.