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+ | "game environments designed to train US Special Forces and repurpose them for training workers in the field of peace and conflict resolution." [http://virtualpeace.org/whitepaper.php] | ||
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Virtual Peace is a serious educational game created by
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Purpose
"game environments designed to train US Special Forces and repurpose them for training workers in the field of peace and conflict resolution." [1]
Funding
Virtual Peace is funded by grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and HASTAC, the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory [2]. | Plantronics contributed 50 headsets to the Virtual Peace project.
Technology
Virtual Peace is based on America's Army, a game created for the US army by Virtual Heroes INC[3].
Audience
Implications
Games as education