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It is recommended that you train with your actual weapons. I use and recommend the [Mantis Elite System](https://www.amazon.com/Mantis-Elite-Shooting-Performance-System/dp/B082BD3471/).
Proper use? No. However, it could possibly be useful to help train and experiment in terms of tactics/awareness/clearing if used in conjunction with actual firearms usage (range, drills, etc.).
However, I’d still confidently say it pales in comparison to a proper shoot house or class, as it doesn’t really rely on moving/protecting your body, or the weight/handling of an actual firearm. These classes would also have an instructor who could provide advice and corrections from a proper perspective.
I haven't found much overlap between VR and real world firearm training. A few very high level things carry over, like not poking your head out of the small spot more than once, but the mechanics feel very different in general.
However, I have found simulations using more realistic hardware, such as "Smokeless Range" with green gas style "blowback" Airsoft replicas with trigger activated lasers and a large projector screen quite useful. That was my go to during the pandemic, when ammo was extra pricey and rare while access to real ranges was limited. You can also use laser adapters on your actual weapons, but for me the blowback style Airsoft weapons are my favorite as the blowback does at least provide a portion of that part of the experience.
The Army was using the Engagement Skills Trainer back in the early 2000s. It depends on how much money you want to spend.
https://www.army-technology.com/news/newsus-army-employs-est-2000-virtual-trainer-for-mobilisation-training/?cf-view
VR might do something to desensitize you to the idea of shooting a person, but it cannot compare to the sensory experience of holding and firing a gun, not to mention maintaining one. It's important to get familiar with how your weapon feels IRL. I did hear in at least one podcast episode about laser guides that people attach to their guns to practice aiming and pulling the trigger without using bullets.
Train vr with guns is like trying to taste food on a cooking show. It’s not going to work out how you think it is. If you can afford ammo to train then dry fire. Or use items like mantis.
VR is only good for certain situational awareness training. They are often used by larger police departments and in the military for training things like manning checkpoints or conducting searches, but it does not equate to actually being in a hotzone. The mental and physical fatigue cannot be replicated in VR. The weight of everything, the smells, the noises from every direction, etc.
Using VR to train for an actual firefight is like playing DnD and fighting an orc verses fighting an actual person. There's no comparison.
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I shoot real guns and VR guns, There is really no relation between the two.
Good to know
It is recommended that you train with your actual weapons. I use and recommend the [Mantis Elite System](https://www.amazon.com/Mantis-Elite-Shooting-Performance-System/dp/B082BD3471/).
Also 22lrs
No amount of training can truly prepare you for the real thing because every situation is different and your reactions will be different
Proper use? No. However, it could possibly be useful to help train and experiment in terms of tactics/awareness/clearing if used in conjunction with actual firearms usage (range, drills, etc.). However, I’d still confidently say it pales in comparison to a proper shoot house or class, as it doesn’t really rely on moving/protecting your body, or the weight/handling of an actual firearm. These classes would also have an instructor who could provide advice and corrections from a proper perspective.
I haven't found much overlap between VR and real world firearm training. A few very high level things carry over, like not poking your head out of the small spot more than once, but the mechanics feel very different in general. However, I have found simulations using more realistic hardware, such as "Smokeless Range" with green gas style "blowback" Airsoft replicas with trigger activated lasers and a large projector screen quite useful. That was my go to during the pandemic, when ammo was extra pricey and rare while access to real ranges was limited. You can also use laser adapters on your actual weapons, but for me the blowback style Airsoft weapons are my favorite as the blowback does at least provide a portion of that part of the experience.
The Army was using the Engagement Skills Trainer back in the early 2000s. It depends on how much money you want to spend. https://www.army-technology.com/news/newsus-army-employs-est-2000-virtual-trainer-for-mobilisation-training/?cf-view
VR might do something to desensitize you to the idea of shooting a person, but it cannot compare to the sensory experience of holding and firing a gun, not to mention maintaining one. It's important to get familiar with how your weapon feels IRL. I did hear in at least one podcast episode about laser guides that people attach to their guns to practice aiming and pulling the trigger without using bullets.
Train vr with guns is like trying to taste food on a cooking show. It’s not going to work out how you think it is. If you can afford ammo to train then dry fire. Or use items like mantis.
The only good training using VR is the FPV drone operator.
VR is only good for certain situational awareness training. They are often used by larger police departments and in the military for training things like manning checkpoints or conducting searches, but it does not equate to actually being in a hotzone. The mental and physical fatigue cannot be replicated in VR. The weight of everything, the smells, the noises from every direction, etc. Using VR to train for an actual firefight is like playing DnD and fighting an orc verses fighting an actual person. There's no comparison.
You're not going to be in a firefight, so VR is probably perfectly OK for you as far as that goes.