FORUM8 will showcase the latest visual simulation technology at Automotive Testing Expo - North America, from 26-28, October, 2010.
http://www.testing-expo.com/usa/index.php
Press Information
September 2010
FORUM8 the Japanese 3D VR software specialist is at the forefront of 3D Visual Interactive Simulation (3D VIS) technology.
FORUM8’s award winning software UC-win/Road is the ideal solution for urban and transport planning and design projects, either on its own, or in conjunction with third-party 3D engineering design tools and micro-simulation applications.
Due to the tremendously high visual quality of the software, its ease of use and high level of interactivity, UC-win/Road powers many different Drive Simulators (DS) in use throughout the world. From VR-Drive (the classroom based Road Safety and Drive Simulator for young people), to highly sophisticated professional research systems used by such corporations as Toyota and Subaru.
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FORUM8 Driving Simulators not only benefit from UC-win/Road’s own embedded and fully functional vehicle dynamics software, they also benefit from being able to incorporate the power of the market-leading CarSim math model when used, for example, in Advanced Driver Assistance Systems.
FORUM8’s VR-Drive Pro is the latest system to incorporate UC-win/Road and CarSim along with a software link to SENSO-Wheel from German steering rack specialist SENSO-Drive.
VR-Drive Pro provides particular benefits to the professional driver training market, as well as academic and research institutions that require a cost effective and highly functional, professional DS system. UC-win/Road enables users to build and populate their own 3D environments, as well as being able to develop diverse driving scenarios, quickly and easily.
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The combination of SENSO-Wheel and CarSim facilitates a highly realistic driving experience inside a highly visual UC-win/Road virtual 3D environment. Haptic technology provides realistic feedback to the driver along with the ability to calibrate the rack for friction, damping, spring rate and wheel rotation.
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CarSim, developed by Mechanical Simulation Corp., can be used to analyze and evaluate the physical feedback of passenger and small commercial vehicles in various driving and environmental conditions. The equations of motion in the CarSim math models are valid for full nonlinear 3D motions of rigid bodies. The major kinematics and compliance effects of the suspensions and steering systems are specified with properties that can be measured directly. Details of the linkages and gears in the suspensions and steering systems are not needed, reducing the amount of information required to obtain accurate predictions. More information at www.carsim.com
As previously mentioned; the power behind all these Drive Simulators and the technology that makes them so effective in so many different professional environments and under as many different driving conditions as experienced in reality, is FORUM8’s award winning software UC-win/Road.
This 3D Visual Interactive Simulation system enables users to build accurate representations of the real world in 3D. Users can dynamically manipulate 3D space, import and edit 2D & 3D CAD data, GIS data, Aerial Ortho Photography and Digital Terrain Models. They can build and texture block models, automatically build roads, tunnels & bridges, view multiple design alternatives in real-time, mimic the weather and sunlight based on location and time of year, as well as being able to visualize and edit intelligent traffic in ways previously not possible & much more…
For more information please contact:
Brendan Hafferty, Western Regional General Manager, FORUM8 345 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8BP; Telephone: +44 207 164 2028; Email: Brendan@forum8.com; Web: www.forum8.com
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