Recent News

Products

• New Terrain Tools 1.0 for ArcGIS 9
• Release of VRSG Version 5.4
• Scenario Creation
• 3D Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Entities
• 3D Future Combat System (FCS) Entities
• VRSG's Character Animation
• Asia 3D Terrain
• North America 3D Terrain
• MetaVR's 3D Terrain Products

Technology

• Video Clip of VRSG Real-Time Sensor Effects
• Vermont Air National Guard Virtual Airfield Terrain for F-16 Simulation
• Upgraded Content in Ft Benning Database
• MetaVR's Available 3D Terrain Databases
• Metadesic Virtual Terrain Visualization Architecture
• 3D Terrain for UGV Future Combat Systems

Case Studies

• Additional MetaVR Visuals for TUAV Embedded Visual System Trainers
• More MetaVR Visuals for the XCTC Program
• BC Explorer Display at British Columbia Pavilion in Beijing
• JTAC Virtual Trainer Dome Prototype
• Insitu UAS
• Edwards AFB USAF Test Pilot School
• Continued Deployment of A-10 Full Mission Trainers to US Air Force
• JES' Simulation Storage Systems for the A-10 Program Using FIBRE SAN Technology
• VR Group's Simulation Solutions for the Czech Armed Forces
• Lockheed Martin F-22 Simulator
• Littoral and Underwater Simulations
• Northrop Grumman Aerial Refueling Operator Simulator
• Baghdad 3D Terrain at Combat Studies Institute

Press

• A MetaVR VRSG real-time screen capture is featured on the cover of the December 2008 issue of Military Technology. (The scene is from the company's 3D Baghdad database.) The issue also contains an article written by MetaVR and Simthetiq about how photo-specific military entity models are created for MetaVR's 3D content library.
• MetaVR is mentioned in two articles in the December 2008 issue of Military Training and Technology. In the magazine's Polygon and Lumens section, in the article "Training Support Contract for TUAS", MetaVR is cited as the provider of the 3D synthetic payload visualization in AAI's UAS Shadow crew trainers. In addition, the magazine's Data Packets section contains an article about SRI International's use of VRSG in the XCTC program.
• MetaVR's plans to showcase new features of the forthcoming release version 5.5 of VRSG at I/ITSEC 2008 were cited in the article "I/ITSEC Spotlight: 30 Years Young", in the December 2008 issue of Training and Simulation Journal.
• The use of MetaVR VRSG providing the visuals for ZedaSoft's portable F-16 simulator is shown in the AeroNew TV Network's September 30, 2008 video clip, "Aero-TV Looks At Zedasoft's 'Sim-In-A-Box' Mobile Training Strategy".
• MetaVR is featured in the article, "Lots of Links: Networking Virtual Trainers", in the October-November 2008 issue of Military Training and Simulation News. The article, which examines how virtual trainers are developing capability through networking, describes how MetaVR VRSG is used in the JTAC Virtual Trainer Dome developed at the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Mesa.
• MetaVR is featured in Military Training and Technology's annual selection of Top 100 Simulation and Training Companies in its September 2008 issue. MetaVR's award for "Best Programs" marks its sixth year on the list. In addition, the magazine's Polygons and Lumens section contains an announcement about MetaVR's new Terrain Tools for ArcGIS product.
• MetaVR Terrain Tools extension for ESRI ArcGIS is mentioned in Issue 5/2008 of Military Simulation & Training. On page 44 in the section "Seen and Heard", the article describes how MetaVR's Terrain Tools for ArcGIS product was used to build 3D terrain of the Vermont Air National Guard base facilities and airfield at the Burlington International Airport, Burlington, VT. The Vermont Air National Guard will use the terrain for F-16C simulation-based training.
• MetaVR is featured in the article, "Geospecific Simulation" in the August 2008 issue of Military Geospatial Technology, which discusses the high value of geospatial data to DOD training and mission preparation systems. The article describes how VRSG enables diverse training audiences to prepare for missions, and MetaVR's challenge of supporting joint urban operations with a single virtual environment that has the fidelity required by different platforms in specific domains while maintaining the performance required by immersive training systems. The article also discusses MetaVR's new Terrain Tools for ESRI ArcGIS 9.
• MetaVR VRSG sensor effects are discussed in the article, "Visuals and Sensors", starting on p.14 in Issue 2/2008 of Military Simulation & Training. The issue also features on its cover a VRSG real-time screen capture from the company's 3D Baghdad database.
• MetaVR VRSG is featured among technologies used to train JTACs in the "A Significant Improvement in the Way They Train", in the 13.2 issue of Military Training Technology.
• The use of MetaVR VRSG for UAV emulation is described in the article "Virtual Hammer" in Lincoln Laboratory Journal Volume 16, Number 2, 2007. The article describes Lincoln Lab's integrated sensing and decision support (ISDS) experiments with new interactive, operator-in-the-loop simulation environment, currently being used to explore the potential for synoptic-level sensors to cue unmanned aircraft.
• The use of MetaVR visuals in Lockheed Martin's JTAC Virtual Trainer Dome prototype at AFRL is mentioned in the Silicon Alley section of the December, 2007, issue of Military Training and Technology. The issue also mentions MetaVR in its survey of 3D simulation technology used as a tool in military training.
• MetaVR's Virtual Reality Scene Generator is mentioned in the paper "Detection threshold of visual displacement in a networked flight simulator" (Covas, Gaska, Shamp, Pierce), presented at the Advanced Deployable Day Night Simulation Symposium, DRDC-Toronto, November 13th-14th, 2007. This research, presented by Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Link Simulation & Training, aims to determine the detection threshold of visual displacement for a typical flight task, formation flight, as a function of simulated distance and smoothing. The real-time visual scenes were rendered with MetaVR VRSG.

Trade Shows

• MetaVR exhibited its products in Booth #1639 at I/ITSEC 2008, which was held December 1-4, 2008, at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL.
• MetaVR visuals were featured in the presentation on November 5, "An Overview of US Air Force Air National Guard CAS Training and Organisation", at the Close Air Support Conference and Exhibition, at the Royal Aeronautical Society, Mayfair, London. The conference was held November 4-5, 2008.