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Using Second Life For Disaster Preparedness Training


Posted by Mitch Wagner, Feb 21, 2007 03:50 PM

Play2train.org built a realistic simulation of a small town in Second Life, complete with detailed restaurants and a complete hospital. Then they blew the whole village up real good, as well as inflicting pestilence such as a smallpox epidemic, in order to help train emergency personnel in disaster preparedness. View a 16-minute video overview of the tabletop simulation below.


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