AcademiA & Research \ PROFILES

Presagis works with a number of research and academic organizations around the world. Read about how some of these leading institutions are levering Presagis technology in their innovative applications.

ROME REBORN \ REBUILDING ANCIENT ROME FOR THE 21st CENTURY

The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the University of Virginia (www.iath.virginia.edu ) creates authentic 3D computer models of significant sites around the world, including James Madison's Montpelier, Colonial Williamsburg, and Hadrian's Villa. The institute is committed to achieving the highest possible scientific accuracy for its real-time and internet projects. To achieve this level of authentication, the team there works in close collaboration with leading scholars and cultural authorities as well as technology and computer graphics (CG) specialists. They also employ advanced technology, including Creator from Presagis for content creation.

The institute's largest project to date is a virtual model of the city of Ancient Rome at its peak in 320 AD. Ultimately, this historically accurate digital re-creation will offer a comprehensive illustration of the Eternal City's urban development over the fifteen centuries from the late Bronze Age, when humans first settled in the area, and the early Middle Ages.

 The project has its origins in 1974 when Professor Bernie Frischer, the institute's director, first visited Rome. It was during this visit that Frischer, who holds a PhD in classical languages and literature, first saw the "Plastico di Roma Antica," a physical model of the ancient city.

This 1/250 scale model of Ancient Rome took over 40 years to construct, measures 60 feet across, and can only be viewed from a balcony above.

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Marine Technical College is the only governmental institute of vocational training for mariners under the direct control of Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. The image, which is generated by the navigation training simulator, is the view of Tokyo Bay one of the busiest areas for sea transportation.  The tools used to create this application included Creator, Creator Pro, Vega Prime and Vega Prime Marine.

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AERONAUTICAL SAFETY COLLEGE

Using Creator and Vega Prime, the TAISEI Corporation provides highly realistic simulated training environments for students studying Air Traffic Control.

The College offers one-year programs in Air Traffic Control training and graduates approximately 50 Air Traffic Controllers each year.

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FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY  

The simulation of an Abacoa Intermodal Station is an on-going development being created by Florida Atlantic University's Department of Urban and Regional Planning in cooperation with the Abacoa Development Company and the Florida Regional Transportation Authority.  Using Creator, Creator Pro, and Vega Prime, this simulation demonstrates an intermodal transportation gateway for the next decade in the new urbanized community of Abacoa.

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UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO

These images display the Casselberry Interchange and the University of Buffalo North Campus, an aspect of the virtual tour of the university. Using Creator, this tool was created for both current and prospective students. The virtual tour allows users to visit the campus without setting foot on it. This tool links information about the campuses - text, AV, and websites - all in the same application.

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AVIONICS 2009 \ AMSTERDAM

Presagis recently exhibited at the Avionics show in Amsterdam. We received a lot of traffic to our booth and demonstrated the solutions we offer for the design and deployment of standards-compliant commercial and military avionics.

AVIONICS 2009 MASTER CLASS PRESENTATION

Presagis, Wind River, Seaweed Systems and GE Fanuc presented a Master Class during the Avionics Conference Proceedings. The focus of the class was on how to improve embedded systems performance.

Click here to download the Master Class presentation.

Below are just a few photos from the show:

PARTNER SPOTLIGHT \ GENERAL DYNAMICS UK

General Dynamics UK Limited has more than fifteen years of experience in the design, development and manufacture of advanced digital mapping solutions. SoftMap is its platform independent software solution offering rapid, intelligent, coherent and precise multi-layered digital map, navigation and terrain displays through to full tactical situational awareness. It provides extensive functionality and supports a wide range of raster, matrix and vector map formats making it suitable for all air, maritime and ground based applications that require advanced digital map/geographic information system (GIS) capability in both 2-D and 3-D. Originally designed to meet the demands of airborne embedded systems use, SoftMap has a proven in service history where it is deployed across a several aircraft platforms and is also being adopted for ground based situational awareness applications.

At Avionics '09 in Amsterdam, General Dynamics demonstrated the  SoftMap product in the Presagis booth. The upcoming VAPS XT 3.0 release will include an off-the-shelf integration to the General Dynamics UK SoftMap product. This integration will allow VAPS XT users to more easily develop both PC and embedded digital moving-map applications with user generated overlays to serve the market need for better situational awareness on the ground, the sea and in the air.

PRODUCT NEWS \ LATEST RELEASES

AI.IMPLANT \ NEW FEATURES

• Augmented Authoring

• Terra Vista output plug-in introduction

• Enhanced Creator plug-in support

SIM ONENET \ NEW FEATURES

• DIS to KML converter sample

• Extrapolation

• Save history data into an xml file

VAPS XT \ NEW DEMOS

• VAPS XT new demo: Primary flight display with 2-D moving map object

STAGE Scenario users are now able to receive runtime licenses of Presagis AI.implant and Boston Dynamics' DI-Guy with each purchase of a STAGE Scenario license. This product bundling makes STAGE Scenario the first and only COTS CGF software product to ship out-of-the-box with artificial intelligence and human characters for the creation of lifelike simulations.

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technology blog \ product tips

Find out about some cool product features as well as tips and tricks in our Product Technology Blog:

COMBINE THE GRAPHICS RENDERING FORCES OF VEGA PRIME AND VAPS XT

When creating complex simulation and training applications, it is often required to use more than one product to reach a final goal. An example of this would be the creation of a flight simulator that needs to display a 3D representation of the pilot's view, but also needs to render information about the flight instruments in the form of a heads-up display.

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TERRA VISTA: POPULATING THE VIRTUAL BATTLESPACE

In recent years, the Virtual Battle Space system has been growing its user base in simulation environments that focus on ground forces and urban tactics.

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VEGA PRIME: THE EARTH IS ROUND AFTER ALL 

After introducing some impressive graphical features such as cloud shadows and water reflections last fall, the latest release of Vega Prime 2.2.1 stays close to the ground to introduce a new type of ocean called the Technique model.

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To read some other recent postings, click below:

• VAPS XT: Record and playback your HMI interactions

• Creator: Automate Tasks with the new Creator Scripting Engine

• AI.implant & Creator: The power to create environments for intelligent simulations
  

upcoming events \ visit us and learn

Presagis will be exhibiting and hosting a number of events throughout the spring. Come and visit our booth or attend our seminars in order to learn more about how Presagis can help you with your project or application.


WIND RIVER 2009 AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE REGIONAL CONFERENCE

Join senior members of the defense community, Wind River, and their key partners as they discuss the threats facing warfighters in the next decade and the challenges for defense suppliers.  For more information, click here.

Date: April 14^th, 2009  Location: Omni Mandalay Las Colinas - Dallas, TX

Date: April 23^rd, 2009  Location: The Westin Huntsville - Huntsville, AL






ITEC \ BRUSSELS

Presagis will be demonstrating its cutting-edge software products for visualization, behavior & dynamics, content creation, artificial intelligence, and embedded display graphics at ITEC 2009.

Date: May 12^th - 14^th, 2009  Booth: B100






CANSEC \ OTTAWA 

We will be demonstrating our suite of  COTS simulation technology , offering its users cutting-edge true-to-life modeling and simulation solutions.

Date: May 27^th - 28^th, 2009  Booth: 3013






AVIONICS USA \ SAN DIEGO 

Avionics USA will be co-located with the Military and Aerospace Electronics Forum, offering two separate conferences and a shared exhibit floor. This new event will deliver critical business information on the ever-expanding avionics industry.

Date: June 1^st - 2^nd, 2009  Booth: 707






SIM TECT \ ADELAIDE

Come join Presagis as we demonstrate our powerful suite of COTS modeling & simulation software at SimTecT 2009.

Date: June 15^th - 18^th, 2009  Booth: 29






IMAGE \ ST-LOUIS

IMAGE is the Premier Technical Conference in Visual Simulation since 1977. We will demonstrate our realistic and immersive visual simulation solutions.

Date: July 13^th - 16^th, 2009  Booth: TBD

IMAGE OPENFLIGHT USER GROUP \ ST-LOUIS 

Presagis is pleased to invite you to join us at IMAGE 2009 for our next OpenFlight User Group Meeting. This event will be held on Thursday, July 16^th right after the DoD Database Standards briefing, from 3:00PM - 5:00PM.

Date: July 16^th, 2009  Room: TBD 

news \ PRESs releaseS

Presagis recently announced some exciting news. Below are the most recent announcements:

Click here to visit our Press Release Section to view all of our recent news.

news \ PRESAGIS COVERAGE

Read more about Presagis and our products in print:

March 1^st, 2009

Military Simulation and Training Journal:
Night Scenes

February 16^th, 2009

Strategie und Technik:
Presagis teilt mit dass Boeing die Presagis Lyra ausgewählt hat

February 13^th, 2009

SIMTV:
Presagis Video Tour

February 6^th, 2009

Click here to visit our Press Coverage Section to view all of our media coverage.

Training \ Upcoming sessions

Presagis offers comprehensive training on all of its products to ensure that you can get the most from our software.

COURSE SCHEDULE

• Using Creator - April 20^th - 23^rd, 2009

• Using Terra Vista - April 27^th - 30^th, 2009

• Using VAPS XT - June 1^st - 4^th, 2009

• Using Creator - June 8^th - 11^th, 2009

• Using Terra Vista - June 15^th - 18^th, 2009

LEARN MORE

If you wish to learn more about Presagis products, or if you would like to know more about upcoming Presagis events, please visit our website for more information.

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