Evacuating 70,000 sports fans in less than an hour? Rehearse it with 70,000 avatars

If you think it's a hassle getting into a sold-out game, imagine trying to get out after a bomb explodes -- or even under a bomb threat, for that matter. In new simulation and training software, thousands of avatars are in motion at once, realistically representing the chaotic mix of sports fans, security staff, emergency responders and vehicles that interplay during a stadium evacuation.

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