在2023年菲律宾国际海事船舶博览会期间，俄罗斯海事行业协会MARINET推出了用于海员培训的虚拟现实（VR）模拟器。据MARINET介绍，模拟器可搭建逼真的航行环境与驾驶台操作场景，通过控件和设备实现人机交互。此外，模拟器的数学模型还能够模拟船舶机电设备及其接口的运行状态。VR模拟器不仅能够在任何场地上快速搭建起培训场景，扩大培训规模，降低培训成本，还可以模拟一些特种船舶的工作环境，大大提高了特种作业人员的培训质量。

        MARINET, an industry association, introduced virtual reality (VR) simulators for seafarer training during Expo Maritime Philippines 2023. According to MARINET, the simulators can create a complete picture of both the navigational environment and the equipment on the ship's bridge merging virtual interaction with controls and devices. In addition, mathematical models of simulators model the state and the behavior of the ship's equipment and its interfaces.They allow to quickly deploy training equipment in almost any room at minimal cost, which increases the number of trainees and reduces training cost. Also, they make it possible to simulate a specific vessel a seafarer would have to work, i.e. significantly improve the quality of training for a specific mission.

bridge n. （舰船的）驾驶台；船桥；舰桥

美 /brɪdʒ/ 英 /brɪdʒ/ 

bridge起源于古英语brycge，原指“沟壑或河流上的堤道”。

ship's bridge 船桥，即驾驶台

Tips：中世纪的帆船前后均有一个“肿起的大包”，即艏楼、艉楼，中间则是连接艏艉楼的过桥，也是操作风帆升起的地方，即桥楼“bridge”。而现代货船一般不设桥楼，但沿用了bridge一词特指驾驶台。驾驶台又称“船桥”或“桥楼”，位于船舶主甲板上面，安置了操舵设备、车钟、雷达、罗经等航行设备，供驾驶员指挥、操纵船舶，是船舶的指挥控制中心。