‘Fortnite on steroids’: the virtual gaming worlds transformed to train British soldiers

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Tue, 04 Aug 2026 04:00:13 GMT

Inside Skyral, part of a consortium that won a £2bn MoD contract to help forces game out complex decisionsOn a sunny July day in Riga, Latvia, a Nato convoy drives down a street lined with kebab shops and a pharmacy. At a downtown intersection, there is the sound of an explosion and the lead tank bursts into flame.These are real streets in Riga – Lāčplēša iela and the downtown corridor of Tērbatas iela. The kebab shops and the pharmacy are on them. The pedestrians who flee after the tank explodes and huddle at a distance are modelled after the population of Riga: some old, some young, some friendly to Nato, others less so. Continue reading...

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