Cole, Bill (TKMS Blohm + Voss Nordseewerke GmbH)

Thema: "Introduction to ViSTIS - Serious Gaming for the Modern Navy"

Advanced Training Technologies Consultant - ViSTIS Business Lead

Bill Cole, 34 years old, Canadian.  More than ten years experience in the Advanced Visualization field, working with customers around the world in the Aerospace, Automotive and Military industries to optimize their engineering processes to unlock additional value from their engineering data.  In 2008, founded the Consultation company, Knowmata, and since June has been contracted to TKMS Blohm + Voss Nordseewerke in Hamburg, working on the project ViSTIS, (www.vistis.com)

Summary
Around the world, international Navies are under tremendous pressures to change their approach to training.  TKMS Blohm + Voss Nordseewerke, together with partners Catalyst Interactive and Crytek have responded to this need with one of the most ambitious serious gaming products ever undertaken:  ViSTIS, The Virtual Ship.  Utilizing the power of the CryENGINE2, ViSTIS will allow teams of students to work together through scenario based training to learn, practice and react to any imaginable situation that can arise while working on board.