Extended Reality Military Flight Simulator (Varjo + Unreal + Incredible Creativity)

Описание: This summarizes another amazing project I was able to manage with a team of some of the smartest and most driven students I have worked with, graduate and undergraduate. It also represents a collaboration between the Department of Visualization and Department of Aerospace Engineering (Ann McNamara and Darren Hartl, respectively), all support by Passenger, Inc. out of Austin, Texas. Technology was enabled via the Varjo headset and Unreal.

The narrative describes the project very well. There are very few of these in the world, and Texas A&M has one. Note that this is NOT a production simulator and relatively little attention went into the scene or detailed flight mechanics (as per customer instructions). This is an experimental prototype for testing the concepts of Extended Reality (XR) and the range of human-simulator interaction options (e.g., mechanical switches, HOTAS controls, touchscreens, multi-functional displays with green-screen VR overlay, virtual landing gear lever, etc.).

Students involved included Masters students Jake Schrass (AERO) and Weston Jones (VIZ) and undergraduates Jesse Cate, Kevin Johnston, James Kan, and Mason Ward (all AERO).

Video production and voice-over fully credited to Weston Jones. Simulator demonstrated by Jesse Cate.

This project is a follow-on from the original effort to design a VR motion-based simulator for K-12 STEM outreach:    • Retro Rocket Project Summary