Hi, We are the Italian chapter of the Mars Society (IMS). IMS is spearheading the European MaRs Analog Station for Advanced Technologies Integration project (ERAS http://www.erasproject.org). The project aims to address the major issues that could jeopardize a crewed mission to Mars and are not adequately being addressed at existing terrestrial Mars analogs.
We are currently working on an immersive virtual reality simulation of the ERAS Station. This virtualization will be based on the Oculus Rift and on the Omni. The major advantage of such virtualization is that it will be possible to undertake training sessions with a crew that can interact with its future environment before the actual station is built.