VIRtual Training and Environments (VIRTE) was an Office of Naval Research

Office of Naval Research

The Office of Naval Research , headquartered in Arlington, Virginia , is the office within the United States Department of the Navy that coordinates, executes, and promotes the science and technology programs of the U.S...

 Science and Technology program from 2002 to 2007 led by CDR Dylan Schmorrow

Dylan Schmorrow

Dylan Schmorrow is a Captain in the US Navy Medical Service Corps, and serves as the Acting Director of the Human Performance, Training, and BioSystems Research Directorate at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Research & Engineering at Office of the Secretary of Defense...

. It was funded under the Capable Manpower Future Naval Capability (FNC) and produced ground breaking research in Virtual Environments. The VIRTE program was divided into three related demonstrations. Demo 1 developed virtual simulators for the LCAC

LCAC

The Landing Craft Air Cushion is a class of air-cushion vehicle used as landing craft by the United States Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force...

, the EFV, and a helicopter. Demo 2 concentrated on technologies to support Immersive Infantry Training. Demo 3 developed laptop based simulators for a wide variety of USMC platforms and was fielded as part of the Deployable Virtual Training Environment (DVTE)

Deployable Virtual Training Environment (DVTE)

The Deployable Virtual Training Environment is a laptop based platform for a wide variety of training simulations in the USMC. . DVTE consists of two main components, the Combined Arms Network and the Infantry Tool Kit...

. I/ITSEC 2003 Paper