Analysis and prospects for using immersive technologies in the system of training officers of engineering specialties

Improving the quality of training military specialists at the command level is undoubtedly an urgent problem for law enforcement agencies and the state as a whole. This fact is directly related to the maintenance in a combat-ready state of military units deployed both in the territory of the Russian Federation and abroad.Thearticleanalyzestheviewsofdomesticandforeignscientistsontheproblemofdigitalization of education. Its goals, objectives, current state and prospects for further development are revealed. The ways of improving the quality of the organization of the educational process in terms of learning in a distance (digital) format are presented. The current state of integration of immersion technologies in higher education, including military education, is analyzed. A method of giving military education a practical orientation is presented, which consists in the use of immersive technologies. The main provisions of the immersive approach in military education are analyzed.Withintheframeworkofthisarticle, thewaysoffurtherdevelopmentofimmersive technologies in the military education system are presented. The parallel development directions of immersion technologies are highlighted: virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). The possibilities of using these technologies in the perspective of the development of military education are revealed. The necessity of re-profiling the role of the teaching staff of military educational institutions of higher education due to the further integration of immersion technologies into the training system of officers of the Russian army is proved.