Singapore Technologies Engineering : DI-Guy Provides the Human Simulation Software to Help Create Sport-specific Scenarios for Training and Evaluation
September 16, 2014 at 09:17 pm EDT
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Cambridge, Mass., September 16, 2014 -VT MÄK (MÄK), a company of Vision Technologies Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), today announced that Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center has chosen DI-Guy, VT MÄK's line of human simulation software, to help develop a virtual environment to prevent athletic injury, quantify the progress of athletes as they return to sport following injury, and promote physical activity in youth. The TEAM VR Laboratory (Training Enhancement and Analysis of Movement Virtual Reality) in the Division of Sports Medicine at Cincinnati Children's is using DI-Guy to build scenarios with strong stories to draw in the patients and immerse them in the overall experience.
MÄK's DI-Guy software provides the artificial intelligence (AI) engine to drive three key immersion components for patients when inside the virtual environment.
1. Strategic immersion - a combination of immediate, physical responses and more cerebral, cognitive decisions by the user that underlie the overt strategies adopted to complete scenario tasks.
2. Social immersion - the athlete's interaction with other non-player characters (both computer and human driven) that are present in the same virtual world.
3. Narrative immersion - the athlete's investment in the scenario, or how much he or she cares about the additional non-player characters and overall task goals.
TEAM VR's virtual environments aim to give physicians, physical therapists, athletic trainers, practitioners, and strength and conditioning specialists the tools to accurately measure the biomechanics of a child patient (joint movements, strength, or flexibility, for example) by actively engaging him/her in a realistic, immersive sport scenarios performed in a virtual environment that mimics competition on the field/court of play.
The TEAM VR environment is different than Cave virtual environments in that the participants are not tethered to the equipment and are able to move naturally over ground without the use of a treadmill. It is fully integrated into the world renowned Human Performance Laboratory and utilizes 35 motion capture cameras to detect the location of the athletes and transmit the virtual environment to the head mounted display worn by the athletes via a customized wireless video system that updates the display in close to real time. The virtual environment will use DI-Guys to represent opponents, teammates, and coaches/instructors. The goal is to get the athletes actively playing the sport so that clinicians can measure modifiable injury-risk biomechanics to enhance movement adaptations and provide feedback in a safe, controlled space.
"DI-Guy supplements our own in-house customized environments and scenarios. The technology provides full scenario customization with drag-and-drop commands that also integrate into Unity 3D." ~Adam KIEFER, PhD, Director of TEAM VR Laboratory.
VT MÄKdevelops software for distributed simulation. Leveraging a strong foundation of COTS software products, MÄK works with customers to build and populate compelling 3D simulated environments. Our primary users are in the aerospace, defense, and transportation industries, yet our products and services can help customers anywhere modeling and simulation is needed to train, plan, analyze, experiment, prototype, and demonstrate. MÄK is dedicated to serving our customers by building flexible products, offering superior technical support, and innovating new ways to build, populate and view interoperable 3D simulated worlds. MÄK continues to take advantage of new technologies that further the state of simulation. Our products help users link, simulate and visualize their world. VT MÄK is a company of VT Systems.www.mak.comfor more information.
VT Systemsis an engineering company providing integrated solutions to the commercial and government markets in the aerospace, electronics, land systems and marine sectors. VT Systems' innovative solutions, products and services include aircraft maintenance, repair and modification; software solutions in training and simulation; satellite-based IP communications technology; network solutions that integrate data, voice and video; rugged computers and computer peripheral equipment; specialized truck bodies and trailers; weapons and munitions systems; road construction equipment; and ship design and shipbuilding. Headquartered in Alexandria, Va., VT Systems operates globally and is a wholly owned subsidiary of ST Engineering. www.vt-systems.com.
Media contacts:
Morgan Moretz Marketing Communications Specialist VT MÄK Phone: (1) 617-876-8085 x138 Fax: (1) 617-876-9208 Email: mmoretz@mak.com
Edward Szeto Manager, Corporate Communications VT Systems Phone: (1) 703-739-2610 Fax: (1) 703-739-2611 Email: eszeto@vt-systems.com
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd is a Singapore-based global technology, defense and engineering company. The Company operates through a diverse portfolio of businesses across the aerospace, smart city, defense and public security segments. The Companyâs segments include Commercial Aerospace, Urban Solutions & Satcom, and Defence & Public Security. The Commercial Aerospace includes airframe, engine and components maintenance, repair and overhaul, original equipment manufacturer for nacelles, composite floorboard and passenger-to-freighter conversions and aviation asset management. The Urban Solutions & Satcom includes smart mobility, smart utilities and infrastructure, urban environment solutions and satcom. Defence & Public Security includes public safety and security, critical information infrastructure solutions, control systems, cryptographic technology design and cybersecurity. It comprises defense business areas, such as digital systems and cyber, land systems, and more.