Inside the 19,500-square-foot (1,810 m2), full-size version of the VAE, visitors participate in an eight-minute-long virtual operation in which they fire at virtual human and vehicle targets using life-sized, recoil action air rifles from inside life-sized Blackhawk helicopters and combat vehicle simulators as members of a team in an Army mission. According to their website, the roof of the VAE is an inflatable dome that provides an environmentally controlled, sound dampened environment which holds over 230 visitors per-hour. Visitors enter crew stations in one of six HMMWV simulators, similar to vehicles employed by Army Special Forces, and one of two full-size replicas of UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopters. Each HMMWV and Black Hawk simulator is surrounded by large screens providing a 180-degree battlefield upon which the virtual mission is displayed. HMMWV participants use replica M4 Rifles or M249 SAWs (Squad Automatic Weapons) that are wired to laser engagement systems similar to existing computerized marksmanship trainers.[11]Other participants enter UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters where they use light arms and provide air coverage against enemy forces. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Army_Experience)
I Integrating and refactored the light guns into the Unreal Engine 4 version of the Virtual Army Experience. This involved reading images from a camera and calculating the location of where the shots where found in the image.
