Modern Marvels

Season 6, Episode 37

Episode Title: Simulators

Air Date: 1999-10-11

Overview:

Though “simulations” date back to cave paintings, devices for interacting with “synthetic realities” are a recent invention. See how simulators are used as training tools for nearly every profession today where hands-on experience is too costly or dangerous–from the 1929 Link Pilot Trainer to simulated virtual realities.