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ROVism Brings Realism to Underwater Training
21 Feb 2008
Marine Simulation LLC has released Volume One of the ROVsim Undersea Pilot Series, which is a collection of physics accurate, visually realistic and highly configurable ROV simulators intended for ROV and marine professionals and based on Marine Simulation's ROVsim simulator.
This screen shot from the ROVism Undersea Pilot series shows a harbour inspection and evidence collection underway.
By implementing the very latest technologies for real-time 3D visualization, it is able to simulate a wide range of mission variables, from changing currents and visibility, to electronics and gear failures.
Each volume in the series comes pre-configured with one popular commercial ROV and a selection of pre-built, realistic missions. Each volume in the series will include a selection from their most asked for missions including tunnel/pipe/tank inspection, marine biologics research and sampling, human remains/crime scene investigation and recovery, ship's hull inspection, harbor security, and marine archaeological research and recovery. Manufacturers whose products are represented in the series include SeaBotix, VideoRay, SeaEye, Deep Ocean and others.
ROVsim Undersea Pilot Series also includes a Custom Mission Designer which allows the user to build their own mission environments from either the selection of included models or import models from a variety of sources, thus providing a nearly unlimited number of missions for the user to explore. ROVsim is designed to operate on low cost personal computers as well as off the shelf components and is available for Microsoft Windows XP and Vista operating systems. A free demo version is available for download from Marine Simulation LLC's website ( http://www.marinesimulation.com/ ).
ROVsim Undersea Pilot Series also includes a Custom Mission Designer which allows the user to build their own mission environments from either the selection of included models or import models from a variety of sources, thus providing a nearly unlimited number of missions for the user to explore. ROVsim is designed to operate on low cost personal computers as well as off the shelf components and is available for Microsoft Windows XP and Vista operating systems. A free demo version is available for download from Marine Simulation LLC's website ( http://www.marinesimulation.com/ ).
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