TRAINING VIRTUAL SHOT
VIRTAULLY DYNAMIC
CONTINUING OUR COVERAGE OF THE VIRTUAL-SHOT TRAINING SYSTEM THIS MONTH JASE TAKES A VIEW ON THINGS PRACTICALLY FROM A MILSIM PERSPECTIVE, AND LOOKS AT WHAT MAY BE GAINED BY TRAINING WITH IT.
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n the world of airsoft innovation there hasn’t REALLY been too much in the last few years in real terms. Things like Jeftron Leviathon and the Gate Titan offer a lot of functionality with their trigger systems but in my opinion things have stagnated a wee bit with technology only pushing the sports boundaries in certain areas, and let’s face it, the majority of players are still running AR and AK platforms with V2/V3 gearboxes. So where do we turn when we want something new and exciting? From a MilSimmers perspective the gas and electric platforms that we have offer sufficient performance, so where do we turn to next; for me, that’s training to use those platforms optimally, and although there are many “real” training tools and systems out there, what is there for us, and where is that new technology? Last month I was handed a box from Australian company Virtual-Shot. Had my complaints of lack of innovation been answered? Story time; Virtual Shot was the brainchild of one of the founding members back in 2010 while serving as an infantry officer in the Australian Army. With the constraints on range time and training, he wanted to find a way of easily bringing weapons training to the soldier, the end user who really needs to keep on top of their game. So in 2015 after leaving the Army and setting himself up with a new career in software
development, he pushed forward with his vision of Virtual-Shot (VS), and what we have today we can thank Daryl (that founder), Matt and Simon for, and all of their years of military experience can be felt within this training app.
GETTING YOUR APP ON
The unboxing bit; inside the box is a mounting system so you can add your mobile phone to the top rail of your RIF to which has an optic built into it to give you a real life feel to what you are shooting at downrange. The app can be downloaded from the Play Store or the Apple App Store. Once you have downloaded the app onto your
“ONCE YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED THE APP ONTO YOUR DEVICE YOU CAN THEN ADD THE MOUNT TO YOUR RIF’S TOP RAIL AND POP IN YOUR PHONE AND FINISH SETTING UP THE PHONE TO THE MOUNT’S OPTIC.”
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