Virtual environment systems and methods

One or more computer readable media comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform acts comprising:

• representing one or more represented vehicles in a situational display, the situational display including a customizable environment scenario and one or more customizable objects;
• receiving a data package by a computer processor for each of the one or more represented vehicles represented in the situational display, the data package including kinematic data;
• updating the position of the represented vehicles based on the received data package;
• and
• generating one or more reference views of the situational display including at least one of a first person vehicle operator view, a third person view, and a bird's eye view of the situational display;
• wherein the customizable environment scenario includes at least one of a border control, an urban environment, a monitoring site, and a battlefield.

A method for generating a mission scenario comprising:

• generating a situational display including a customizable environment scenario and customizable objects, wherein the customizable environment scenario includes at least one of a border control, an urban environment, a monitoring site, and a battlefield;
• displaying the situational display from one or more reference views;
• recording one or more reference views by a computer processor;
• updating the one or more reference views while the one or more reference views are being recorded;
• and
• saving the recorded one or more reference views.