This paper describes the development of a dual-location driving simulator by researchers at the Virtual Reality Applications Center (VRAC) at Iowa State University. The simulator connects drivers in two highly immersive virtual reality interfaces, the C4 and the C6, both located at VRAC. The vehicle dynamics is computed separately for each vehicle by independent Windows NT systems running VDANL. These systems also perform real-time data acquisition from the vehicle bucks and terrain queries at each dynamics time-step. The vehicles exchange dynamics information including vehicle position and orientation, and their derivatives. VRAC researchers will use the driving simulator for experiments involving collaborative or competitive maneuvering. Applications include the maneuvering of farm vehicles, battlefield simulation and racing.
Author(s):
Ole Balling, Mark Knight, Bryan Walter, Adrian Sannier
Affiliated:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Iowa State University
Pages: 11
Event:
SAE 2002 World Congress & Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Vehicle Dynamics and Simulation 2002-SP-1656
Related Topics:
Simulators
Real-time data
Virtual reality
Vehicle dynamics /flight dynamics
Data acquisition and handling
Education and training
Vehicle drivers
Simulation and modeling
Windows and windshields
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