BISim Releases Updates To VBS Product Portfolio

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Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) announced therelease of the latest updates to its flagship products VBS3 and VBS Blue IG andthe companion SDKs, VBS Simulation SDK and VBS IG SDK.

VBS3 v19.1 includes a host of new features and over 150stability fixes, UI and capability improvements, and performance enhancements.Highlights of new features and capabilities in VBS3 v19.1 include a neweasy-to-use, call-for-fire artillery application; improvements to VBS Radioperformance and user experience;

an active protection system that can be linked to any 3Dvehicle in VBS3;

improvements to ballistic characteristics; an in-gamesimulation of an augmented reality heads-up display (HUD); and, 111 new modelsincluding British Army armored fighting vehicles, experimental autonomous groundvehicles, and a set of new Russian vehicles.

VBS Blue IG v19.1 is packed with over 40 new features and improvements to enhance the immersiveness of users’ custom military training and visualization solutions. The release includes support for VR headsets, including the Valve Index and Varjo VR-1 and XR-1; graphics optimizations, including faster terrain paging; improved blending of satellite imagery and procedural terrain; lighting updates and enhancements; sensor degradation visuals; destructible building functionality; and additional weather effects.

VBS Simulation SDK v19.1 offers several new APIs andenhancements, including full API control of the server/client setup; new eventlisteners providing access to updates to environmental parameters and VR deviceupdates; new helper functions to ease interoperability with existing SQFcommands; customer-provided functions can now be called from Control AIbehavior trees; updates to VBS Control Editor, including support for simulationclients and improvements to road path-finding; and, a new sample plugin demonstratingthe creation of render-to-texture surfaces which show a live video stream froma USB camera for mixed reality uses.

VBS IG SDK v19.1 offers several new APIs and enhancements,including more robust support for multiple viewports; configure sensorparameters on a per-camera-basis; adjust sensor parameters at runtime; assigncameras to views; and access and assign crew positions within a platform.

Both VBS IG SDK and VBS Simulation SDK now include theupdated Gears Studio 19.1, which adds improved code auto-generation for easierSDK development.