Torque isn't just for games any more!

Six months ago when I came on board with GarageGames, I never thought in a million years that I would be going to the Kennedy Space Center to teach NASA how to use Torque...yet here I am!

More than a year ago, Valador, Inc. researched more than 40 Game and Simulation engines in their search for an engine that could provide simulation and visualization capabilities for NASA at a reasonable price, with exceptional quality. After all was said and done, they selected the Torque Game Engine, and never looked back. They now use TGE and TSE for a variety of internal research and development projects, as well as contracted work for NASA, and have helped to achieve Torque's penetration into the serious games/simulation space.


But NASA is just one of the "big names" that are interested in Torque. On saturday evening, Josh Williams and I catch a plane for Orlando, FL for the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference, which is the US Military's equivalent of E3--more than 400 exhibitors on a floor of 140,000 sq feet, with 16,000 attendees currently registered. Nestled in among exhibitors such as Boeing, Aviation Week, Lockheed/Martin, General Dynamics, L3 Communications, SAIC, and Valador, and enveloped by the sounds of machine guns firing, 2,000 lb bombs going off, and helicopters strafing city streets, there will be certain vendors proudly displaying:
Now how's that for cool?

I'm certainly glad that Jay Moore and Davey Jackson will be joining Josh and I on Monday morning, because there's no way the two of us will be able to handle the questions from an audience that size alone!

As of this .plan I can't release the specific vendors that will be presenting Torque powered projects other than Valador, but I hope to be able to present additional information on some of the extremely cool ways Torque is being used in this space in the very near future, so stay tuned!

And for all you Orlando/Central FL Torque users out there, we haven't forgotten you: on Wednesday, November 30th, GarageGames will be co-sponsoring a hospitality suite with Valador and the GAMES Synergy Summit at the Peabody Hotel on International Drive, and GarageGames community members are invited! Come join us at the bar for a night of Torque hospitality from 7 PM to 11 PM.

Once I/ITSEC is over, Josh, Jay and Davey have to go home, but I get a brief rest and then am off for our latest TBC--Commerical located at America's SpacePort, the Kennedy Space Center. From the 5th to the 7th I'm going to be up close and personal with real rocket scientists, teaching them how to use game engine techonology to make their jobs easier---now who would have ever thought that?

Needless to say I'm looking forward to a very exciting (and very long!) week and a half just after Thanksgiving, and I'll do my best to capture some of the excitement and wow factor of the technology that will be demonstrated and bring it back to the community!