With the Mixed Reality Image Generation (MR IG) Visual Systems, Varjo XR-3 eye-limiting resolution headsets are integrated with Quantum3D’s Independence IDX image generator and Quantum3D’s award-winning MANTIS image generation software. This new immersive technology can be integrated with all kinds of military and civilian aircrafts in the market.
Quantum3D’s mixed reality visual system eliminates the need for expensive multi-channel dome display systems while maintaining full 360-degree visuals for the trainee pilot. This can substantially reduce the physical footprint of the simulator, the initial purchase cost, and ongoing maintenance costs.
With the hi-res camera passthrough capability of the Varjo XR-3 headset, Mantis provides the capability to create mixed reality solutions whereby a masked region defines where the real world is visible. This is typically used to allow a real world cockpit mockup to be used interactively by the pilot.
The VR capability allows the pilot to see the virtual world, and the MR/AR capability allows them to see the real world.The capability for the trainee to see both their own hands and the real cockpit eliminates the problem encountered in pure VR systems in which the trainee is unable to coordinate interaction with real world controls.
Quantum3D’s MANTIS software supports using two GPU’s combined with NVIDIA’s VR SLI technology to render the scene for both eyes in parallel, which allows more complex and higher quality environments to be generated while maintaining a consistent 90fps update rate, which is required to avoid stutters when the eye location is moving.
