Soldiers could soon use VR to practice recognizing IEDs

While UCF staff member Shane Reynolds leads his avatar with his iPad through a virtual minefield, small beeps and whistles reveal the plague of the modern war zone: improvised explosive devices or IEDs. He has to take his time to sweep every inch of the pitch to make sure his character does not miss any of the often deadly bombs.

Despite his slow pace Reynolds makes a small misstep and with a Kaboom! a bomb blows its player into the air and distributes body parts graphically.