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Photo
of Quantum3D® ExpeditionDI™ System in U.S. Army
VSTS Initial Deployment at Schofield Barracks .
Photo Courtesy U.S. Army
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Realtime
Screenshot of AIS® SVS® as Used in ExpeditionDI-Based
VSTS Field Ready Prototype at 25th ID
Image Courtesy AIS and U.S. Army
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SAN JOSE, CA –
JULY 10th, 2007 - Quantum3D®, Inc., aleading provider
of COTS, Open-Architecture, realtime visual computing solutions,
today announced that the Company’s ExpeditionDI™ Immersive,
Man-Wearable, Open Architecture, COTS Platform for Dismounted
Infantry synthetic environment training and mission rehearsal
has been fielded by the Project Manager for Combined Arms Tactical
Trainer (PM CATT) within the U.S. Army Program Executive Office
for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), as part
of the Virtual Squad Training System (VSTS) deployed at the Battle
Command Training Center (BCTC) Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
As part of VSTS, the ExpeditionDI
systems employ wireless connectivity to provide un-tethered, man-wearable,
fully immersive, individual and collective Dismounted Infantry
training and mission rehearsal capabilities. VSTS is designed
to provide scenario-based training for Dismounted Infantry across
a range of virtual training environments including Mobile Operations
in Urban Terrain (MOUT). VSTS is intended to complement live training
by providing elements of the Contemporary Operating Environment
that are too difficult or expensive to replicate at home station
training.
The initial VSTS consists of
five (5) un-tethered, field-ready soldier simulators that employ
Quantum3D ExpeditionDI platforms along with four (4) tethered
soldier simulators, a Semi-Automated Force (SAF) workstation,
a BattleMaster station which provides Instructor Operator Station
(IOS), a Scenario Authoring station and an After Action Review
(AAR) station. The tethered soldier simulators, BattleMaster and
SAF stations all utilize Quantum3D Quicksilver® PC-based Image
Generators.
The VSTS virtual environment
runtime software for the soldier systems, as well as the BattleMaster
IOS is SVS® from Advanced Interactive Systems (AIS®),
a leading supplier of virtual training software and solutions
for dismounted infantry and first responder applications. The
VSTS system is supported and integrated by JTSI, Inc., a small-business
provider of information technology services, products and support
to the U.S. Government. For more information on AIS or SVS software,
please visit www.ais-sim.com.
For more information on JTSI, Inc., please visit
www.jtsii.net.
“The initial VSTS deployment at the BCTC
Schofield Barracks illustrates the flexibility of ExpeditionDI
as a COTS platform. ExpeditionDI is a deployable, immersive,
man-worn wireless dismounted Soldier training and mission rehearsal
system,” said Ross Q. Smith, Quantum3D Co-founder and President.
“All of us at Quantum3D are pleased to be working with JTSI
and AIS in support of PM CATT on VSTS project and to be part of
the Army/Industry team developing this critical training capability
for our troops.”
About Quantum3D ExpeditionDI
ExpeditionDI is the first COTS, Open-Architecture, un-tethered,
field-ready, Man-Wearable, Immersive Training (MWIT) Platform that enables
soldiers and police to participate in individual and collective
synthetic environment training and mission rehearsal exercises
without being tethered to a facility. This unique freedom provides
unparalleled levels of natural movement and interaction through
a wide range of virtual environments while conducting infantry
or SWAT-related tasks including target engagement and physical
actions including crawling, walking, running, climbing stairs,
opening doors and throwing grenades.
Developed in collaboration with
the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM)
Simulation and Training Technology Center (STTC), and based on
the Quantum3D Thermite® Tactical Visual Computer, ExpeditionDI
features high-fidelity training weapons, including M4, M16 and
M249, equipped with Quantum3D’s patent-pending Wireless
Controller. ExpeditionDI systems are self-contained, fully-integrated,
battery-powered, wireless systems that also includes industry
leading COTS components such as eMagin® Head Mounted Displays
(HMDs), Intersense® precision trackers and Blackhawk®
Load Bearing Vests—all of which are integrated into the
ExpeditionDI system.
Designed for field-ready deployment,
ExpeditionDI is highly portable and does not require any specific
facility infrastructure, making it ideal for deployed training
applications and for use in ad-hoc environments such as National
Guard Armories, conference rooms and other home station and forward
environments.
ExpeditionDI’s open architecture
is compatible with a wide range of game-engine and conventional
simulation and training software, which enables training system
providers and researchers to integrate MWIT into stand-alone and
DIS/HLA networked environments using their choice of realtime
software, Semi-Automated Forces (SAF) and virtual environments.
To simplify software integration, the Quantum3D ExpeditionDI Software
Development Kit (SDK) provides a Hardware Abstraction Layer that
enables developers to adapt their software to ExpeditionDI for
optimal performance and in record time. The ExpeditionDI SDK also
provides technology insertion capabilities, since it enables new
system components to be integrated into the system for improved
performance and/or to enhance product life cycle without affecting
software compatibility. For production dismounted infantry MWIT
applications, Quantum3D recommends AIS SVS software, which is
widely deployed in numerous U.S. installations.
ExpeditionDI is available as a single unit with
the ExpeditionDI SDK for R&D efforts and as Fire Team and
Squad Kit level assemblies with AIS SVS for collective training
applications.
About Quantum3D
Quantum3D develops and markets COTS realtime, open-architecture
Image Generation
(IG) solutions, Embedded
Visual Computing (EVC) systems and subsystems, development
software and support services for the synthetic environment visual
and sensor simulation and training and tactical and industrial
visual computing markets. Quantum3D is a privately held company
headquartered in San Jose, California, with development centers
located in Phoenix, AZ, Huntsville, AL, and Orlando, FL and with
sales and logistics in Europe via Quantum3D, Ltd., located in
Reading, UK. For more information about Quantum3D realtime visual
computing solutions, please visit www.quantum3d.com
or send email to salesinfo@quantum3d.com
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are registered trademarks and ExpeditionDI and ExpeditionDI Squad
Kit are trademarks of Quantum3D, Inc. All other trademarks are
the property of their respective owners..
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