# Jack Thorpe **Domain:** Military simulation / Networked training **Doc Type:** Developed Person Node **Maturity:** Developing **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Jack A. Thorpe** was a U.S. Air Force officer and researcher whose work on networked simulation helped shape the conceptual and programmatic lineage leading to [[wiki/SIMNET|SIMNET]]. ## Significance Thorpe argued for distributed interactive training in which many participants could inhabit a shared synthetic battlespace. The shift from a simulator as an isolated imitation to simulation as a common environment is foundational to synthetic training, interoperable worlds, and the article's claim that arena-building became a defense capability. ## Routes [[wiki/SIMNET|SIMNET]] · [[wiki/Distributed Interactive Simulation|Distributed Interactive Simulation]] · [[wiki/Synthetic Training Environment|Synthetic Training Environment]] · [[wiki/Military-Entertainment Complex|Military-Entertainment Complex]] ## Source - [[articles/gamification/America Loves Games and the Home Court Advantage|America Loves Games and the Home Court Advantage]]