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VRSG as a Computer Image Generator As an image generator, MetaVR™ Virtual Reality Scene Generator™ (VRSG™) supports the features that are typically required for flight training, driving simulations, locomotive simulators, and many other applications. Image generators are typically driven by users’ simulator host model, such as a flight model. As an image generator, VRSG renders the virtual world as it is specified by host parameters such as location and field-of-view.
Core image generation features include:
VRSG supports full-featured light points; processing runs entirely in vertex shader programs downloaded to the graphics chipset, providing exceptional performance. VRSG light points were developed with input from subject matter experts, such as commercial and military pilots. All light points, including directional light points with unique per FOV edge attenuation behavior, run entirely in the vertex shader, providing exceptional performance. Light point features include:
VRSG provides realistic light lobes that yield per-pixel radial attenuation and per-vertex axial attenuation. VRSG light lobes are flexible enough to support landing lights, taxi lights, headlights, and searchlights. VRSG light lobes do not require multiple database render passes or hardware that can store alpha information in the frame buffer. Instead, VRSG light lobes are rendered single-pass, which affords minimal performance degradation when enabling a light lobe. You can configure multiple concurrent, independent light lobes No drastic impact on fill rate or geometry processing penalties is incurred when enabling light lobes. VRSG supports up to 8 independent, concurrent, steerable light lobes for video cards that support Pixel Shader Model 3.0.
VRSG supports a highly optimized dynamic lighting pipeline, which uses per-vertex color, blended with per-polygon material, combined with ambient lighting conditions and directional light sources for efficient and convincing dynamic lighting effects.
VRSG supports environment and weather effects such as:
VRSG now uses an ephemeris model to calculate sun position, moon position, and moon phase from date, time, and geographic location. Lighting conditions can also be automatically calculated from date, time, and geographic location. A 40,000 light-point star field can be used for night scenes. Heads-up display (HUD) and 2D overlays VRSG supports multiple mechanisms for adding 2D overlays to the 3D display. You can describe static overlays in an ASCII file without coding. Static overlays can be made dynamic though a UDP-based interface to the visual system. A simulation host can send commands to the visual system to enable, disable, scale, rotate, and translate overlay primitives. MetaVR provides a plug-in mechanism for users who want to generate overlay graphics using a low-level graphics API. The end user develops a dynamically loaded library (DLL), which the visual system loads at run time. The visual system makes calls into functions exported by the DLL, which pass the thread of execution to the user-written function. From within the DLL, the user can use Direct3D to render customized overlays. MetaVR also provides a limited OpenGL emulation layer that allows legacy OpenGL-based HUD implementations to be ported to a VRSG plug-in with ease. This mechanism allowed the Lockheed Martin F-22 HUD originally developed for SGI platforms to be easily ported to VRSG. VRSG supports an unlimited number of viewports per channel. Multiple viewports on a single visual channel may be overlapped or spatially disjoint. Viewports can be horizontally mirrored to support applications that demand this (such as, rear-view mirror), or display systems whose optics imposes a horizontal reversal of the image. VRSG supports the basic mission functions requirements to meet the needs of ground -based vehicle simulators up to fast moving fixed-wing aircraft. VRSG channels support one laser range per channel, per frame at 60 HZ, with single frame latency. VRSG also supports an Above Ground Level (AGL) response per channel at 60 HZ. A library that can be integrated into the simulation host provides for features such as point-to-point intervisibility, terrain height lookup, and collision detection with terrain or dynamic model geometry.
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