Bi-directional communications for vehicle and virtual game situations

A training system, comprising:

• a computer;
• a processor in communication with the computer;
• and
• a memory in communication with the processor, the memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
• receive training exercise data representative of interactions between at least a real aircraft and a virtually presented aircraft that participated in a simulated training exercise, the training exercise data being representative of, during the simulated training exercise, presenting to a pilot operating the real aircraft through a head mounted see-through optical system an augmented reality image of the virtually presented aircraft positioned at a geospatial location, wherein the exercise data is selected from the group consisting of tracked geospatial locations of the real aircraft, tracked geospatial locations of the virtual aircraft, tracked geospatial locations of a launched virtual missile from the real aircraft, a target lock indicating that a weapons system of the real vehicle had a weapons target lock on the virtual aircraft, an indication that the pilot-initiated launch of a weapon from the vehicle's weapons system and an indication of an explosion based at least in part on an estimated intersection of the virtual weapon and virtual aircraft by the simulation computing system;
• and
• after completion of the simulated training exercise, via mixed reality to one or more viewing individuals, present the training exercise data as a three-dimensional battlefield adapted to be paused and played, wherein one or more of the viewing individuals comprise pilots who took part in the simulated training exercise, and wherein the training exercise data is frozen at a moment in time and additional information showing data relevant to alternative scenarios is displayed to demonstrate how a pilot may have reacted differently in the simulated training exercise.