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Went over last week to a local construction organization..they had a training facility to introduce students to different construction related careers.

One booth had a very elaborate HVLP training system. You used a very realistic HVLP gun on a hose and painted a mock wall on a LED TV screen. It was very cool..it felt like a real gun and it had two red dots that you lined up to get the right distance..it simulated laying out a pattern very well.

At the session it gave you an visual analysis of what you laid out and highlighted acceptable areas in green - it assessed paint thickness, efficiency, etc... there was a couple dozen readouts of various aspects of painting. I think you could adjust the gun as well to see how it affected your work.

You could even get it to run.

Man would I ever like to play on that! I wonder if they make a home version LOL.

thats very cool! That's a great tool for beginner painters (other than painting on scrap metal)

All these new virtual simulators are fantastic tools used in design and application systems. Amazing stuff. A local university
tech center has a complete virtual imaging room you can immerse yourself in. It's practicality for NAVY contract work and it's education application makes the investment worth while.

My son is training as a a software engineer at Waterloo, one of our better tech schools. During the parent tour we went into the golf simulation room. Unbelievable technology.

It still would not improve my game tho.

Maybe I can get him to build me a painting simulator. I bet there is an app for that. The Sag-o-matic.