National Advanced Driving Simulator

The National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) has a long history of creating compelling simulation environments. Realistic environments are critical to evaluate driver performance across a spectrum of transportation research. Simulation provides a safe, repeatable laboratory to investigate situations where control and safety are required, such as distraction detection and mitigation, developing algorithms to detect impairment based on driving performance, and vehicle safety systems.

Creator Pro is used by the NADS team to construct terrains, roadways and models to populate geo-typical and geo-specific environments. One recent database project consists of several blocks of downtown Iowa City.

For the team at NADS, Creator Pro allows them to create visual and correlated virtual databases quickly and accurately. Creator’s toolset, including directional fence marquee, save/restore eye points and tracking planes, texture mapping, flow, and UV modification, ensures that fine-tuning adjustments to their environments can be easily achieved.