Mission Rehearsal Research Articles

SIMNET: the advent of simulator networking

SIMNET was the first successful implementation of large-scale, real-time, man-in-the-loop simulator networking for team training and mission rehearsal in military operations. The paper provides some historical background on how SIMNET was developed within the US Department of Defense, and outlines the key philosophical and architectural principles on which it was based. The SIMNET battlefield simulation was sponsored by ARPA (then called DARPA), in partnership with the US Army, and was developed and implemented between 1983 and 1990. The emphasis of SIMNET from the outset was on enhancing tactical team performance by providing commanders and troops an opportunity to practice their skills in a dynamic, free-play environment, in which battle outcomes depend on team coordination and individual initiative, rather than on scripted scenarios controlled by an instructor. This program demonstrated the feasibility of linking together hundreds or thousands of simulators (representing tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, helicopters, fired-wing aircraft, etc.) to create a consistent, virtual world in which all participants experience a coherent, logical sequence of events. In this world, the causal connections among these tactical events, from the individual crew station to the battalion command post, are clear and easily inspectable. The SIMNET architecture and protocols have evolved into the Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) Standard Protocols (IEEE 1278-1993 and its successors), and have provided the foundation for a new generation of battlefield simulations for training, mission rehearsal, tactics development, evaluation of hypothetical new battlefield systems, and concept testing and evaluation. The authors are two of the principal architects of SIMNET: Thorpe was the original DARPA SIMNET program manager and Miller formed and led the group at Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc. (BBN) that designed and implemented the SIMNET protocols and software.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>

Inspiring the future

article Free Access Share on Inspiring the future: merging mass communication, art, entertainment and virtual environments Author: Jacquelyn Ford Morie UniversiO, of Central Florida, Expansion of a talk given at the Imagina Conference, Monte Carlo, Monaco UniversiO, of Central Florida, Expansion of a talk given at the Imagina Conference, Monte Carlo, MonacoView Profile Authors Info & Claims ACM SIGGRAPH Computer GraphicsVolume 28Issue 2May 1994 pp 135–138https://doi.org/10.1145/178951.178973Online:01 May 1994Publication History 9citation0DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations9Total Downloads0Last 12 Months0Last 6 weeks0 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF

On 3-D Real-Time Perspective Generation from a Multiresolution Photo-Mosaic Data Base

Photo-realistic texturing of computer-generated scenes by mapping a digitized terrain photograph on a three dimensional terrain elevation model has many real-time applications. Combat mission rehearsal, for instance, is enhanced by portraying geo-specific terrain. This paper addresses fundamental pixel processing requirements which result when display resolution limited, high quality, alias free perspective output imagery is sought and when a set of prefiltered multi-resolution texture maps is used. To this end, a perspective scene generation model is developed first. Then the ramifications of the real-time pixel processing requirements are determined when perspective eyepoint orientation and altitude are changed. Finally, a trade-off analysis is presented that characterizes the relationship between pixels per frame and the scaling factor used to form the multi-resolution imagery data base.

On 3-D Real-Time Perspective Generation from a Multiresolution Photo-Mosaic Data Base

Photo-realistic texturing of computer-generated scenes by mapping a digitized terrain photograph on a three dimensional terrain elevation model has many real-time applications. Combat mission rehearsal, for instance, is enhanced by portraying geo-specific terrain. This paper addresses fundamental pixel processing requirements which result when display resolution limited, high quality, alias free perspective output imagery is sought and when a set of prefiltered multi-resolution texture maps is used. To this end, a perspective scene generation model is developed first. Then the ramifications of the real-time pixel processing requirements are determined when perspective eyepoint orientation and altitude are changed. Finally, a trade-off analysis is presented that characterizes the relationship between pixels per frame and the scaling factor used to form the multi-resolution imagery data base.

Spatial Orientation and Dynamics in Virtual Reality Systems: Lessons from Flight Simulation

Artificial representations of virtual worlds are becoming more common due to advances in the technology of image generation and display systems. Application areas include flight simulation, mission rehearsal, teleoperator systems, and virtual reality systems. System developers should be forewarned that some proportion of users will experience perceptual anomalies and symptoms of motion sickness as a result of travel through virtual space.

Human Factors Implications of Project Forecast II: Aircrew Combat Mission Enhancement (ACME) Technology

Aircrew combat mission enhancement (ACME) technology consists of the hardware, software, and associated interfaces and integration that will enable aircrews to reach the acme of tactical air combat performance. In time of peace, ACME technology provides the realistically complex scenarios necessary for effective combat mission training. In time of war, it provides the real-time, updated, combat-arena visual scenes of a combat mission rehearsal enhancer, especially when it is coupled to the capabilities envisioned with the virtual cockpit technology and its use in future tactical aircraft systems.