Personal Computer (PC) Graphics Support for Texel Level Sensor Simulation

"Successful implementation of advanced PC-based algorithms thattake advantage of current and future COTS hardware will vastlyimprove the training experience and open up new techniques forsimulating the complex physics of how light interacts with realworld materials, the human eye and tomorrow's sophisticatedsensors. All disciplines involved in 3D visualization want theimmersive experience to be as realistic as possible. Theinnovative software developed under this SBIR will be a majorstep toward achieving that goal.The proposed Phase II research effort will utilize COTS hardwareand software and the newly developed software algorithms to meetand exceed capabilities previously only available on costlyspecialized hardware. These new algorithms will be integratedinto CG2's COTS sensor simulation product, viXsenT. Allimplementation will be on a PC with NVIDIA GeForce3 graphics orwith the ATI Radeon chipset.The result of this Phase II effort will be a commerciallyavailable software package that includes all of the newalgorithms and advanced physics developed under the Phase I andPhase II efforts.BENEFITS: There are a tremendous number of commercial opportunities for the advanced graphics capabilities described in this proposal. Besides the military and government applications, those involved in gaming, industrial design, CAD, urban simulation and3D web design are requiring more and more realism in their applications and simulations. All dis