By Yuan Ren For Mailonline
Published: 13:12 GMT, 4 February 2019 | Updated: 13:17 GMT, 4 February 2019
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British soldiers may soon be able to train in tricky terrains and hostile situations by popping on a pair of virtual reality (VR) headsets.
The British Army is trialing the headsets that simulate virtual environments and combined with physical items to create 'mixed reality'.
The Virtual Reality Training pilot (VRLT) is being trailed by the Ministry of Defense (MOD) through a £1 million contract with Czech software developer Bohemia Interactive.
It is hoped that the cutting edge technology could be integrated into front-line British military training in the future.
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British soldiers may soon be able to train in tricky terrains and hostile environments by simply popping on a pair of virtual reality (VR) headsets from military simulation software developer Bohemia Interactive
The software developers behind the VR headsets, Bohemia Interactive, makes a range of military simulation products including online video games such as Arma 3
Virtual reality is a computer-generated simulation of an environment or situation
It immerses the user by making them feel like they are in the simulated reality throughimages and soundsFor example, in VR, you could feel like you're climbing a mountain while sat at homeIn contrast, augmented reality layers computer-generated images on top of an existing reality
AR is developed into apps to bring digital components into the real world For example, in the Pokemon Go app, the
