Rapid Visual Database Generation and Real-Time Presentation System

"SCS proposes to develop a Rapid Visual Database Generation and Real-Time Presentation System (RVDG/RPS) for Mission Rehearsal Systems and Crew-In-The-Loop Simulators. This project will develop a tool suite with the capability to take multi-source data(e.g., CADRG, CIB, JFIF/JPEG, DTED, feature data, mission data, weather data...) and rapidly produce a coherent real-time 3-Dimensional color and/or monochrome visual image that can be used by mission rehearsal systems and crew-in-the-loop simulators, witha specifiable field of view. These tools will include an OpenGL runtime engine that will be capable of displaying the data on any workstation or PC, and run real-time given the appropriate graphic accelerator. Develop a deployable tool that will take1600 square mile high-resolution sample CIB, feature data and DTED data and merge it into a common database within 30 minutes. Develop a production visual node that will display the database in real-time. This node will be capable of being networked withan infinite number of nodes, each capable of displaying a segment of a scene. Networked nodes will be capable of producing a 360¿ by 360¿ display system. Develop an embedded Rendering Engine that will allow Handheld and/or Pocket PC based systems to viewthe visual database. The anticipated results of RVDG/RPS will be a suite of tools for developing turnkey systems that will allow a crewmember to rehearse in real-time and non-real-time