Voice of America is running a story, detailing how The War Inside, one of WILL’s flagship products, is helping returning veterans recover and reintegrate into normal life: Soldiers around the world who fight in war zones often face similar issues once they return home, including trying to get back to their normal routines. They may [...]
Mashable Business just published a profile of WILL! Big Idea: WILL Interactive develops Virtual Experience Immersive Learning Simulations (VEILS), which are interactive movies that force users to make serious decisions as a learning experience. Why It’s Working: With more than 70 games on topics including the military, financial decision-making and youth education, WILL Interactive has [...]
KDAF news in Dallas, TX ran a segment today, highlighting the all-too-common struggle that many returning veterans face when reintegrating, and how a new partnership between Allies in Service and WILL Interactive is aiming to help. “Coming back incapacitated any sort of way wasn’t even on my spectrum to be honest,” Joe said. “For a [...]
The Lancet has posted a very favorable review of Partnering to Heal, one of WILL’s recent VEILS, which deals with Healthcare-Associated Infections: The central message—that prevention of health-care associated infection is everyone’s responsibility—is consistently reinforced.The components of an effective programme (ie, constant awareness, an integrated and committed team, leadership, effective communication, accountability, and appropriate use of [...]
Defense News has a story about our $500,000 Simulate a Better World Challenge: Are you a school administrator interested in teaching children about the hazards of cyber bullying? An airline employee looking to educate your passengers in terms of safer air travel? An Army colonel hoping to ease the re-integration process for soldiers returning from [...]
#UnschoolingRules has a post up about our Simulate a Better World Challenge: Basically, they are asking for people to submit ideas for a full-blown educational simulation that, if deployed, would have a positive social impact. WILL will then pick one of the submissions and create and distribute it. Frankly, if almost any other sim company [...]
December 14, 2011, Washington, D.C. – WILL Interactive, Inc., the nation’s most experienced developer of computer-based interactive training simulations, today announced the launch of the $500,000 Simulate a Better World Challenge. The winner of the Challenge will have the unique opportunity to select the subject matter and help guide the creation of an interactive simulation. [...]
Ohio’s NBC4 just ran a segment on Cyberbullying, and how WILL’s new program It’s Your Call is helping educate teens on appropriate cell phone use: “I’ve seen it in both the middle and high school,” Sturtevant said. “Pictures of students in compromising positions, or in clothes that are more revealing than they should be, where [...]
On Patrol is running a new profile of WILL: So far WILL has produced about 20 movies the Army focusing on safety, post-traumatic stress, combat operational stress, compassion fatigue, suicide prevention, and ethical decision-making. During the experience the viewer has the opportunity to change a character’s fate by making simple choices along the way. Courtesy [...]
“The High Ground,” a computer-based video training simulation created by WILL Interactive, was honored May 24 with the prestigious CODiE award for Best Workforce Training Solution. Produced for the U.S. Army Center for the Army Profession and Ethic, “The High Ground” is a Virtual Experience Immersive Learning Simulation (VEILS®) that teaches soldiers about ethical [...]