U.S. Navy to Showcase SEAL Virtual Reality Experience at Seafair

CELEBRATION, Fla. (January 22, 2019) Students of Celebration High School participate in the Navy’s virtual reality asset, the Nimitz, during the Navy Recruiting Command's “Swarm” Orlando evolution. Eighty-one Recruiters from Navy Recruiting Command, Navy Recruiting District Jacksonville and the Nimitz, compile a “Swarming Team,” which is a new recruiting strategy in support of the national policy to build a 355-ship Navy. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kyle Hafer/Released)190122-N-JH668-0105

This weekend, at the Boeing Seafair Air Show, the U.S. Navy will showcase the Nimitz, a mobile, state-of the-art virtual reality experience that simulates an actual high-speed Navy SEAL Mission. Video preview of the Nimitz.

Inside the Nimitz, which is housed in a massive, unfolding 18-wheeler, participants go through a video briefing before strapping on an Oculus Rift headset and a piece of wearable technology called a SubPac (traditionally used by Club DJs) that percusses in real time to the sounds of the mission. Visitors navigate the mission using a cutting-edge steering wheel and throttle system that replicate the actual sensation of piloting a high-speed, Navy Special Warfare Combatant Craft. Once finished, participants move to the debriefing station, where they receive feedback and a performance grade.