军事“虚拟现实”在军事上首先是用于飞行模拟器。今天，VR的应用也已在船舶、坦克和步兵演习上实现．随着联网“虚拟现实”技术的发展，美国军方已能模拟世界规模的联网坦克大战，名之为“国防模拟互联网络”。这种“虚拟现实”已首次在海湾战争中广泛使用。在战争打响之前， Military “virtual reality” was first used militarily in flight simulators. Today, VR applications have also been implemented on ships, tanks and infantry exercises. With the development of networking “virtual reality” technology, the U.S. military has been able to simulate a world-scale networked tank battle known as the “Defense Simulation Internet.” This “virtual reality” has been used for the first time in the Gulf War. Before the war started,