Violent Computer Games Have Role In Fire Safety
Friday, February 13, 2009 - 18:35
in Mathematics & Economics
The software code underlying violent computer games can be used to train people in fire safety, new academic research has found. Commercial games such as Doom 3 and Half Life 2 can be used to build virtual worlds to train people in fire evacuation procedures by applying the games' underlying software code, according to researchers.
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