AustralianIT have an article on the tiny yet rapidly growing niche of serious games, where games take on a different role such as a training tool for the army or aiding in the field of medicine. The article quotes Torus CEO, Bill Macintosh, on the huge potential of the serious games market, and the inroads that Torus have made there...
Torus, which also designs mainstream games, has produced game-like training programs for areas such as medicine and policing.For example, the company is building a scenario village for the Victorian Police Department at Glen Waverley.
"It's an important facility, a training aid for the police 18-hours-a-day, 365 days a year," Torus' chief executive Bill Macintosh says.
Serious games could eventually overtake the huge general games market, he says. "Serious games are middle ground between simulations and games. They are growing at six times the rate of other games, and the potential market is enormous."
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