All of the software elements of your simulator are controlled through SimCreator, our real-time simulation, and modeling system. Through its graphical interface, you can easily configure and coordinate the vehicles, dynamics, environments, monitoring, and driver feedback vital to your research. SimCreator’s modular, scalable software makes it easy to build on your original automotive simulation model as your research expands or changes direction.
SimCreator has two primary modules:
- Vehicle dynamics themselves are designed in the SimVehicle software, which can model a wide range of vehicle types (four-, six-, or eight-wheeled, tracked) with varying load types and sizes, even equipment malfunctions
- Simulation scenarios and environments are crafted in SimVista—which also allows for on-the-fly control of the scenario, including modifications to weather, lighting, driving, and vehicle conditions, joystick control of pedestrians and other vehicles, etc.
Depending on your research needs and simulation requirements, SimCreator and SimCreator DX can be supplemented with:
- SimObserver a video capture system that can include driver eye tracking
- SimDriver an autonomous interaction simulation software
SimCreator’s modular, scalable software smoothly integrate with other software packages and can be scaled and modified over time as your research expands or changes direction. Up to 10 driving research simulators can be simultaneously networked using SimConnect, creating a rich, naturalistic environment in which many human drivers are interacting with the same scenario.
