The next step after Japan? (Virtual reality, trainingand crisis management). Transatlantic Security Paper No. 2, June 2012
2012
The recent crisis in Japan, which combined tsunami
and technological events, shows that any
crisis, especially those in developed and developing
countries, is from here out a hybrid crisis,
mixing natural factors and human/technological
(NATECH). Faced with such dramatic events,
which exceed any means available for emergency
rescue service, it is necessary a) to remain prudent
and b) to prepare. One of the means for
preparing is unquestionably training. However,
here, undoubtedly there are important constraints:
How to train, for example, while reproducing
vividly and realistically, an event? How to
exceed the admittedly useful, although very limited,
level of the table-top exercise? How also to
avoid the unnecessary mobilization of dozens,
even hundreds, of field and operation staffers to
take part in an exercise which could lead to a disappointing
outcome? A major crisis, a major exercise,
in effect. The solution of virtual reality
has emerged, in Europe and in the United States.
It is also sometimes called “serious game”.
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