It is now a good two decades since the Sun and SGI ‘mini-computers’ disappeared from I/ITSEC exhibition stands and smaller, more powerful PCs made their way in.
This year at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), the Serious Games Showcase and Challenge (SGS&C) presented seven awards to recognize this year’s challenge winners.
Greensea Systems Inc. and Blue Ring Imaging have started a collaboration that is set to open up the floodgates for rapid Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality development to enhance Greensea pilot/operator performance in the subsea sector.
Leonardo is conceptualizing training for 6th-generation fighter aircraft by reproducing a possible cockpit with its “Smart Chair” virtual / augmented reality device at its Battle Lab in Turin, Italy.
Cesium for Unity, an open source plugin that enables real-world 3D data to be utilized in the Unity game engine, is now available. The plugin is free and open source under the Apache 2.0 License.
Vrgineers Inc. has presented an unclassified F-35-like Classroom 2.0 Trainer. The simulator software consists of the high-fidelity D-SIM flight simulation framework developed by multiSIM BV in The Netherlands.