Research into Live Virtual Constructive (LVC) Simulation
November 11, 2011 1 Comment
Last year I researched the idea of merging real-life data into a virtual simulation, a concept know as Live Virtual Constructive (LVC).
I integrated VBS2 with the Royal Artillery’s new Fire Control Battlefield Information System Application (FC-BISA), a system that provides an officer with a ruggedised handheld that they can use to order in artillery by inputting GPS information on insurgents.
In our example I was able to fully integrate FC-BISA with VBS2 so that a student could traverse a virtual battlefield and on seeing a group of insurgents could order in artillery fire using the real handheld system. The plug-in I created for VBS2 would then check artillery orders being processed by artillery units and then model the explosion of artillery shells in the virtual world at the exact time and place where they should land. The insurgents who survive would then dig in and fight or flee, and a student could then order in more artillery fire at their discretion.
Interesting times lay ahead.
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