Collaborative Visualization of Warfare Simulation using a Commercial Game Engine

Abstract

The needs for reusable 3D visualization tool has been being raised in various industries. Especially in the defense modeling and simulation (M&S) domain, there are abundant researches about reusable and interoperable visualization system, since it has a critical role to the efficient decision making by offering diverse validation and analyzing processes. To facilitate the effectiveness, states-of-the-arts M&S systems are applying VR (Virtual Reality) or AR (Augmented Reality) technologies. To reduce the work burden authors design a collaborative visualization environment based on a commercial game engine Unity3D. We define the requirements of the warfare simulation by analyzing pros and cons of existing tools and engines such as SIMDIS or Vega, and apply functionalities of the commercial game engine to satisfy the requirements. A prototype has been implemented as the collaborative visualization environment of iCAVE at KAIST, which is a facility for immersive virtual environment. The facility is intraoperative with smart devices.

A visual simulation of ocean floating wind power system

“…With regards to offshore design, many development environments should be considered before doing motion simulation and sea environment illumination. The competitive factors that influence the performance and efficiency of the system can be classified as several types (see Table ), such as visualization performance, user interface, and network support and compatibility . Compatibility indicates whether it can be extended to other platforms or not, and it can be regarded as one of the dominant characteristics of visualization systems.…”

“…However, Vega and Unity 3D are highly efficient engines that possess much greater functionalities than others. Vega is very appropriate for the sea environment, but it costs too much to use its plug‐in modules . AgX Dynamics is a professional multipurpose physics engine for simulators, engineering, large scale granular simulators, and more.…”

“…The competitive factors that influence the performance and efficiency of the system can be classified as several types (see Table 2), such as visualization performance, user interface, and network support and compatibility. 8 Compatibility indicates whether it can be extended to other platforms or not, and it can be regarded as one of the dominant characteristics of visualization systems. The cost, on the other hand, also matters significantly in the design and visualization stage.…”

“…Vega is very appropriate for the sea environment, but it costs too much to use its plug-in modules. 8 AgX Dynamics is a professional multipurpose physics engine for simulators, engineering, large scale granular simulators, and more. It consists of hundreds of C++ classes of highly optimized and portable code and is the obvious choice when you need to simulate mechanically constrained systems with frictional contacts.…”

Dynamic Re-planning for Cyber-Physical Situational Awareness

“…In addition to the publications mentioned previously, there are papers that concentrate only on the design of the simulation aspect. An example of that is [3], where the researchers aim to build a universal visualization tool for warfare simulation that facilitates decision-making. That is achieved by creating a collaborative visualization environment that is based on the Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE) framework.…”