Over the last month we have sent out a few evaluation units of our first production batch run out to key testers (industry, trainers & law enforcement) to get as much feedback as we could on areas to improve one. We have received a ton of positive feedback so far, so thank you testing team!
One of the requests we had from a few testers was adding the ability to Double Tap targets. We did quite a bit of research around this topic as it’s important for law enforcement training, so over the last few weeks we have been integrating this approach into our platform both within the iOS/Android Mobile App and our Range React VRT hardware.
We initially started out with a focus on a new user option within the mobile app to turn on “Double Tap” so when the laser hits one of your predetermine targets and a React Event (audio/gunshot) is heard we would do a quick blink but not move to the next target until two React events are triggered. While this worked well initially, we started learning about the concept of Controlled Pairs but why limit it to just two so we made this a simple configuration for you in the mobile app to set via an option called Shots Per Target (SPT).
Shots per Target will allow the user to do exactly what it says, set the number of shots per target. this will be adjustable in the app with a slider and give you the option of setting a number of shots you wish to land on each target.
We have also introduced randomization to the SPT feature. When SPT Random is enabled, the device will highlight a target a random number of times up to the number set in the SPT option.
For example, lets say you have four targets, React is turned on, Random order is selected, you set SPT set for 5 and SPT Random is turned on. Once started, the device will highlight the first target at random 2 times, switch and highlight the next target 5 times, switch and highlight next target 1 time and so on. You never know which target it will select, or how many times it will select it. SPT Random adds yet another level of complexity focused on training your visual reaction time.
Here is a clip of our testing from this weekend (this is a good chance to plug our custom dual vibration setup we have designed which will not only pick up very loud guns but also Airsoft — which is great for backyard testing).
We are very excited about this new feature. It is currently being tested and hopefully released soon!