Arctic
04-12-2003, 03:03 PM
One notion involves a scenario quite literally torn from the pages of a science fiction novel, in which a virtual training system becomes the actual means of waging war. Ender's Game, a cult classic by Orson Scott Card, tells the story of a group of young soldiers battling aliens in a video game. In the end, they emerge to find that their victory has saved humankind, and that it was not a game.
"Ender's Game has had a lot of influence on our thinking," said Michael Macedonia, director of the Army's simulation technology center in Orlando, Fla., which plans to build a virtual Afghanistan that could host hundreds of thousands of networked computers. "The intent is to build a simulation that allows people to play in that world for months or years, participate in different types of roles and see consequences of their decisions."
NY Times: Technology, April 3, 2003, "More Than Just a Game, but How Close to Reality?" By Amy Harmon
Ender's Game is slated to be made into a movie directed by Wolfgang Petersen. No release date is yet known, but there are reports that the project will begin shooting upon completion of Peterson's current film, Troy.
For more news on the movie, check:
http://www.frescopictures.com/movies/ender/endersgame_update.html
and
http://www.philoticweb.net/movie/
"Ender's Game has had a lot of influence on our thinking," said Michael Macedonia, director of the Army's simulation technology center in Orlando, Fla., which plans to build a virtual Afghanistan that could host hundreds of thousands of networked computers. "The intent is to build a simulation that allows people to play in that world for months or years, participate in different types of roles and see consequences of their decisions."
NY Times: Technology, April 3, 2003, "More Than Just a Game, but How Close to Reality?" By Amy Harmon
Ender's Game is slated to be made into a movie directed by Wolfgang Petersen. No release date is yet known, but there are reports that the project will begin shooting upon completion of Peterson's current film, Troy.
For more news on the movie, check:
http://www.frescopictures.com/movies/ender/endersgame_update.html
and
http://www.philoticweb.net/movie/