Geospecific Displacement Maps for Real Time, Stereoscopic Training Simulation Navy SBIR FY2010.2 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2010.2 Topic No.: N102-116 Topic Title: Geospecific Displacement Maps for Real Time, Stereoscopic Training Simulation Proposal No.: N102-116-0582 Firm: JRM Enterprises, Inc. 4820 Southpoint Drive, Suite 203 Fredericksburg, Virginia 22407-2614 Contact: Chris Fink Phone: (540) 786-0608 Web Site: http://www.jrmtech.com Abstract: JRM proposes a new 3D material-classified displacement-map (MCDM) approach with associated automated algorithms for rapid terrain database generation directly from geo-specific source data. The MCDMs will exploit the latest nVidia GPU displacement map shader technology for highly-realistic real-time physics-based visible/sensor simulation of high-resolution terrain insets. At the conclusion of a successful Phase II, JRM anticipates a prototype DBGS and real-time rendering system capable of supporting rapid mission planning and rehearsal requirements -- from raw satellite/GIS data sources into high-fidelity visible/sensor simulation -- in one day or less. In the phase I, JRM proposes four tasks: (1) Investigation and design of a GPU-compatible 3D MCDM data model and format; (2) Design studies of 2D/3D image/data-processing algorithms for automated production of MCDMs, and assessment/incorporation of already-available off-the-shelf tools for handling some of these tasks; (3) Design studies of stereoscopic GPU shader techniques for physics-based rendering of databases based on 3D MCDM, and (4) a Proof-of-concept Demonstration, involving automated MCDM generation of a high-res inset from 2D and 3D satellite source data, and real-time simulation of notional SAR, visible CCD, near-IR, MWIR and LWIR from that MCDM. Benefits: A successful Phase II prototype would afford a number of commercial benefits and new market opportunities. Industries like entertainment, security, flight training, GIS, etc . would all benefit by simulators affording more realistic geo-specific content. Homeland security might benefit by being able to rapidly create high-res geospecific areas for NBC (nuclear, biological or chemical) threat assessments. In the movie industry, new simulation-based products around this technology might allow for more realistic and lower-cost scene generation, where sensor systems driving this technology would allow a creation of "virtual sets", with highly realistic lighting, shadowing, and special effects, where actors could be "blue-screened" in afterwards. In the medical imaging field, this technology could be used to more accurately create 3D models of microscopic organisms like viruses and bacteria and visualize them. Return