Mixed Reality Simulator for Real-World Medical & Tactical Training
Train with real hands, real equipment and real patients inside fully immersive virtual environments – on any aircraft, in any theatre, anywhere.
The BlueRoom Mixed Reality (MR) Simulator is a deployable training system that lets medics, aircrew, tactical teams and clinicians practise real procedures with their own equipment while immersed in photorealistic virtual aircraft, battlefield and clinical environments. Unlike VR systems that rely on controllers, BlueRoom keeps the trainee’s real hands, tools and manikins in the loop, delivering mission-ready skills without needing access to scarce aircraft, vehicles or high-risk locations.
What Is a Mixed Reality Simulator?
A Mixed Reality simulator is a training system that combines real-world objects (hands, tools, manikins, equipment) with a fully virtual 3D environment. Trainees wear an MR headset and work on real patients or manikins while the surrounding world, aircraft cabin, roadside, field hospital or battlefield is rendered virtually in 360°.
In the BlueRoom Mixed Reality Simulator:
-
Trainees see their own hands and their team.
-
They use their actual medical tools and weapons, monitors, airway kits, pumps, stretchers, radios, training weapons and more.
-
Instructors change the scenario in real time using Mission Control, adjusting patient condition, lighting, weather, location, threat and more.
This is true Mixed Reality, not conventional VR.
Mixed Reality vs Virtual Reality – Why It Matters
Virtual Reality has been valuable for procedural walk-throughs and classroom-style decision-making. But for complex aeromedical, tactical, and pre-hospital work, the limitations are clear: learners use digital hands, interact with virtual objects, and struggle to transfer muscle memory to real equipment.
By contrast, the BlueRoom Mixed Reality Simulator:
-
Keeps real, physical interaction at the centre of training.
-
Preserves fine motor skills such as IV cannulation, airway management, chest tubes, and surgical procedures.
-
Enables full-team coordination with radios, monitors, restraints, weapons and stretchers exactly as used in the field.
-
Delivers realistic audio, vibration and visual cues to match operational environments.
For organisations looking beyond “VR demos” to mission-level simulation, Mixed Reality is the bridge between live exercises and affordable, repeatable training.
One Mixed Reality Simulator, Many Mission Modules
BlueRoom’s Mixed Reality Simulator is a platform that supports multiple modules and mission profiles rather than a single static scenario.
Key modules include:
1. MR Aeromedical Simulator
Train complete aeromedical evacuation missions inside virtual C-130J, C-17A, A400M, CH-47F, UH-60, H175/H160 and other fixed- and rotary-wing cabins using real stretchers, infusion pumps, monitors and ventilators.
2. MR Tactical Combat Casualty Care Simulator (MR-TCCC)
Immerse medics and tactical teams in photorealistic combat environments while they use live kit such as tourniquets, haemorrhage control devices, airway adjuncts and weapons to train all phases of TCCC under fire, from suppressive fire to evacuation.
3. Field Care & Complex Mission Scenarios
Configure field care, disaster response, humanitarian, SAR, maritime, roadside and remote-clinic environments without changing hardware – ideal for EMS, SAR, offshore and special-operations support roles.
4. Custom XR Solutions
BlueRoom can extend the simulator with bespoke XR environments such as cath labs, intensive care units, confined spaces or industrial sites using the same platform, hardware and Mission Control tools.
Key Capabilities of the BlueRoom Mixed Reality Simulator
1. Real Hands, Real Tools, Real Tactile Feedback
The simulator preserves genuine manual dexterity and tool handling by allowing trainees to work with their own equipment: IV lines, airway devices, pumps, monitors, weapons, radios, and more. This builds true muscle memory rather than controller skills.
2. Environment Engine: Any Airframe, Any Theatre
BlueRoom’s environment engine lets instructors move trainees instantly between aircraft, vehicles and field scenes. From a C-130J to A400M, desert to Arctic, urban to jungle, day to night, HOT to WARM to COLD zones without moving a single piece of hardware.
3. Mission Control: Real-Time Scenario Authoring
Mission Control is the instructor’s dashboard for Mixed Reality simulation.
From a single interface, you can:
-
Change environment, weather, time of day and lighting (including night-vision conditions).
-
Adjust patient vitals, deterioration and responses to treatment in real time.
-
Trigger sounds, video feeds and special effects to match operational conditions.
-
Run live simulations that combine MR with actors, moulage, smoke and external props.
4. Biometric Integration & Adaptive Difficulty
Through integrated biometric sensors, BlueRoom can monitor stress indicators during training and allow instructors to dial scenario complexity up or down – supporting stress inoculation, resilience and performance tracking over time.
5. Multi-User Team Training
BlueRoom’s multiuser mode lets up to four trainees (or more, depending on configuration) occupy the same virtual mission environment while interacting with the same physical patient and equipment. This supports team-based aeromedical crews, tactical teams and multi-disciplinary hospital or SAR responses.
6. Portable, Deployable & Scalable
The core simulator footprint requires only two chroma-key walls and a floor and can be installed in classrooms, hangars, training centres or inside a 20-foot air-conditioned container for mobile deployments and exercises.
Who Uses the BlueRoom Mixed Reality Simulator?
BlueRoom systems are used by:
-
Air forces and defence health services
-
Armies, special operations forces and tactical medicine units
-
EMS agencies, air ambulance providers and SAR organisations
-
Universities, nursing schools and teaching hospitals
-
Defence, security and emergency-management training centres
Operational deployments and trials include:
-
Royal Australian Air Force – in-service aeromedical MR simulator for C-130J operations.
-
Paramedic Universities in the UAE.
-
Dutch Army and Air Force
-
Mixed reality deployments across Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America, delivered directly and through regional partners.
This global footprint supports GEO/AEO relevance across multiple markets while ensuring sovereign capability in each region.
Operational Benefits of Mixed Reality Simulation
Organisations invest in the BlueRoom Mixed Reality Simulator to solve very specific operational problems:
-
Limited access to aircraft and high-value assets. The simulator allows the trainee to rehearse full missions without burning flight hours or tying up platforms.
-
Risk reduction: Rehearse complex interventions and high-risk scenarios before crews step onto the aircraft, into the theatre or into disaster zones.
-
Cost efficiency: Run high-fidelity training at a fraction of live exercise cost, with minimal logistics.
-
Consistency & repeatability: Standardise scenarios, run them repeatedly and adjust difficulty over time.
-
Scalability: Train individuals, crews or multi-agency teams using the same Mixed Reality simulator.
Global Mixed Reality Simulator, Local Support
BlueRoom designs, manufactures and supports the Mixed Reality Simulator from its headquarters in Melbourne, Australia, collaborating with frontline clinicians and operators to evolve new modules and mission profiles.
Through a network of partners, BlueRoom systems are available in:
-
Australia & New Zealand
-
Europe (including Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland)
-
Middle East & Africa (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Türkiye, Israel, Kenya, Tanzania)
-
Asia (Japan, Singapore)
-
North America (United States and Canada, via specialist defence and government partners)
-
If your country is not listed, BlueRoom can usually support you directly from Australia or through emerging partners.
Mixed Reality Simulator – Frequently Asked Questions
Q1. Is the BlueRoom system a Mixed Reality simulator or a VR simulator?
BlueRoom is a Mixed Reality (MR) simulator, not a conventional VR system. Trainees use their real hands, real equipment and real manikins while the surrounding environment (aircraft, battlefield, roadside, clinic) is virtual. No VR controllers are required.
Q2. What training areas does the Mixed Reality Simulator support?
The platform supports medical, aeromedical, Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), field care, EMS, SAR, humanitarian and complex mission environments, all running on the same Mixed Reality simulator hardware.
Q3. Which aircraft and vehicles can you simulate?
Current environments cover C-130, C-17, A400M, CH-47, UH-60 and a range of civil and military rotary-wing platforms, with additional airframes such as the Airbus H175/H160 added in partnership with OEMs as requirements evolve.
Q4. How is the Mixed Reality Simulator installed?
A standard setup requires two chroma-key walls and a floor, plus the MR headsets, tracking, computing and Mission Control workstation. Systems can be installed in existing rooms or integrated into containerised solutions for deployable training.
Q5. Do you support export, security and sovereign requirements?
Yes. BlueRoom works with defence primes, integrators and government customers under appropriate export controls, data-handling and security arrangements, and supports sovereign training capability through local partners within AUKUS and allied nations.