[5] Virtual Heroes, Inc. was founded by Jerry Heneghan, formerly at Tom Clancy's Red Storm Entertainment and Research Triangle Institute (RTI).
Virtual Heroes, Inc. was founded in 2004 by CEO Jerry Heneghan, formerly at Tom Clancy's Red Storm Entertainment and Research Triangle Institute (RTI).
Serving as CTO was Randy Brown, formerly of Amoco, Digital Equipment Corporation, Data General, SAS Institute, SouthPeak Games and RTI International.
In 2009, Virtual Heroes released Zero Hour: America's Medic, which was described by Wired Magazine as "training first responders for real-life natural disasters and terrorist attacks".
Moonbase Alpha was designed as a tech demo to test ideas to be used in Astronaut: Moon, Mars and Beyond, NASA's massively multiplayer online game.
[ref: https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/526940main_Moonbase_Alpha_Educator_Guide_v1.pdf] In 2014 Virtual Heroes developed the Combat Medic serious game for the U.S. Army's Simulation and Training Technology Center.
The game trains medics[11] to treat internal bleeding, lung collapse, and tracheobronchial injury (airway trauma), the top three causes of battlefield deaths.
[17] In 2020, Virtual Heroes released their titles Mission Biotech and Human Sim:[18] Sedation and Airway for free to support COVID-19 education and training.
Virtual Heroes created Mission Biotech in conjunction with the University of Florida with funding by the National Science Foundation .
The game promotes careers in biotechnology and teaches how scientists search and test for clues to identify a virus during a pandemic outbreak.
[19] The Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (United States Army) (TATRC) funded Virtual Heroes to develop Human Sim: Sedation and Airway,[20] a 3D training tool for medics to administer emergency anesthesia and manage breathing.
The training is based on the United States Department of Defense Patient Safety Program and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's TeamSTEPPS curriculum.
"[27][28] The company was a co-recipient of a McArthur Fellowship Grant to create a serious game intended to train Non-governmental organizations entitled "Virtual Peace".
[29] [citation needed] Zero Hour: America's Medic was described by Wired Magazine as "training first responders for real-life natural disasters and terrorist attacks".
[32] Moonbase Alpha was designed as a tech demo to test ideas to be used in Astronaut: Moon, Mars and Beyond, NASA's massively multiplayer online game.
Keynote speaker Intel CEO Paul Otellini ended his speech by introducing a virtual performance by the band Smash Mouth.
Motion capture technology enabled the four band members to play their song "All Star" from separate locations, with their avatars performing together on a giant screen.