The construction of virtual human in virtual environment of marine engine room

Abstract

To simulate human action in virtual environment of marine engine room, Software Creator and Vega of Multigen-Paradigm, and DI-Guy virtual human module of Boston Dynamics Inc. are introduced to construct the virtual human operation in Virtual Roaming System of marine engine room, body model in DI-Guy is modified, the action model on the hand part is intensified and collision detection of virtual human in real-time movement is studied. Thus real-time operations of virtual marine engineers in virtual engine room environment are realized, including operations of central control console in central control room, assembly, disassembly and maintenance of equipment parts, etc. The result indicates that this method can better simulate the engine room environment, help trained marine engineers knowing more about equipment layout and operations in the engine room, and improve the effectiveness of seafarers training.