Simulators

  • Fire Training and Learning
    By Bryan Roe • November 5, 2019
    CHALLENGE: Provide better training for firefighters to perform under extreme pressure. BENEFIT: Olfactory stimulants set the foundation for scent recognition and have been shown to affect cognitive learning behavior and as well as performance. When odors and malodors are used in training scenarios, fire personnel become better conditioned to recognize specific scents to increase their…
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  • SensoryCo Helps First Responders and Military Prepare with Military Olfactory Desensitization
    By Bryan Roe • July 7, 2016
    First responders and military personnel are often in dangerous situations where they are assaulted by an ambush of sights, sounds and smells making it extremely difficult to respond in a rational manner. Research shows that repeated training exposure to these types of sensory overload can familiarize and desensitize our brains to these assaults, helping to…
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  • Olfactory Input in PTSD Prevention and Treatment for the Military
    By Bryan Roe • May 27, 2016
    Estimates state that at least 20% of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans have PTSD, and 50% of those with PTSD do not seek treatment. With behavioral health care becoming a major issue for this population, there has been increased motivation to find better solutions for prevention and treatment. Promising results have been found using virtual reality…
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  • Scent for Law Enforcement Training
    By Bryan Roe • July 31, 2015
    Law enforcement officers are often put in the position of entering a space without knowing exactly what they will encounter. This puts them at great risk for bodily harm and exposure to toxic substances. They are also exposed to a variety of odors that may be overwhelming or dangerous. It is vital that officers are…
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  • Immersive Training Turned to Simulation
    By Bryan Roe • August 18, 2014
    Guns shots are heard overhead. Something whips by your left ear. The scent of something burning is realized and as you turn your head mounted display, the scene in front of your eyes change. Welcome to the new world of immersive training. Here role players are swapped for computer generated actors and urban terrain is replaced…
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  • Sensory Technology Integration Into Immersive Training Simulators
    By Bryan Roe • March 28, 2014
    Technologically speaking, everyone is obsessed with immersives these days. In the world of story telling, we’ve always recognized the incredible value in high levels of captivation. What’s most interesting, but not all together surprising, is how the military is using this new wave in technological advancements. Since the rise in cognitive science has grown in…
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  • Immersive Training Needs to Capture Reality
    By Bryan Roe • January 17, 2014
    Training isn’t effective unless it seems real. In emergency scenarios, highly charged situations can draw out the weaknesses in even the strongest of medical professionals. And weaknesses aren’t necessarily a bad thing, unless expressed in the wrong moment. In a new trend of training techniques, an unsteady definition of immersive training takes center stage. With…
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  • Scenting Technology in the Use of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for P.T.S.D Sufferers
    By Bryan Roe • December 4, 2013
    War is not what it used to be. That much we know. The next question begs, how we deal with the psychological ramifications of our current era of warfare? There are many different ways we, as a society, have responded. Friends and family welcome our soldiers with open arms with hope that love can help heal…
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  • Boeing 787 Fires and Smoke Effects
    By Bryan Roe • April 2, 2013
    Boeing’s battery mishaps on their 787s at the beginning of this year may have emphasized the future role of sensory stimuli such as smoke and smell in flight emergency simulators. According to an NBC article, one of the pilots noticed an “unfamiliar smell.” According to an ABC account, the firefighter who tried to extinguish the…
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