EDGE (Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment): key facts

Teachers, administrators, school resource officers and law enforcement train separately or together on a laptop or desktop, each controlling an avatar of their real-life role. Voice and command functions support live exercises, and trainers replay sessions in an after-action review. The platform prescribes no tactics, so staff build plans around their own procedures. The first environment, a high-rise hotel for first responders, appeared in June 2017.

EDGE (Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment) is a game by U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Cole Engineering Services. EDGE (Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment) is filed under Other, sector Civic. Platform on file: PC (laptop or desktop). Cost on file: Free to vetted organizations per DHS page. The address on file for EDGE (Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment) could not be confirmed in November 2026.

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