Fiscal Year	2009
Division	Research & Sponsored Programs
Department	Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simuation Institute
Investigator(s)	Sadagic, Amela Brutzman, Donald P. Rashid, Tarik
Sponsor	Office of Naval Research (Navy)
Summary	Master's Thesis Research: Development of a Persistent Virtual Environment Infrastructure for USW Training and Experimentation Using an Open-Source Core. The thesis builds upon prior work exploring the requirements for persistent virtual environments for military applications. A demonstration of the requirements will measure the required system capabilities to support a persistent virtual environment for Undersea Warfare (USW) training and experimentation. Sun Microsystems Open-Source Massive Multiplayer Game Initiative, Project Darkstar is being used to prototype a persistent virtual environment. As a specific application of this environment, interfaces will be developed to allow existing devices and models to interact with this environment. Specifically the Scenario Authoring and Visualization for Advanced Graphical Environments (SAVAGE) tools and the NAVAIR TSD developed SH-60B Mission Rehearsal Tactical Team Trainer (MRT3) are being used for test conduct.
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