Development and Implementation of an Enhanced Virtual Reality Development System Into the Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment (CAREN)

Abstract

This report details the Department of Defense, Naval Health Research Center (NHRC), and partners' development and testing of an updated gaming-based system using the Unity system for simulation development and hardware integration with one such platform: the Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment (CAREN), a large-scale immersive virtual reality system. From 2017 to 2019, engineers from NHRC, National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory (MIT LL) collaboratively developed a complete hardware-software system that integrates seamlessly with existing simulation systems and utilizes the current standard for simulation software development to create a development platform that is robust, flexible, and meets the needs of an evolving military mission.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 09, 2022
Accession Number
AD1203593

Entities

People

  • Chris Gengler
  • Chris Montagne
  • Christopher J Smalt
  • Doug Brungart
  • Harvey Edwards
  • Jacob A. Vandehy
  • Kyle Fitzgibbons
  • Pinata H. Sessoms
  • Rasmus Grunnet-jepsen
  • Sarah E. Kruger
  • Vrajeshri Ordek

Organizations

  • Naval Health Research Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Augmented Reality
  • Biomedical Research
  • Brain Injuries
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Governments
  • Graphics
  • Graphics Processing Unit
  • Head-Mounted Displays
  • Military Medicine
  • Motion Capture
  • Network Protocols
  • Networks
  • Platforms
  • Rehabilitation
  • Research Facilities
  • Simulations
  • Software Development
  • Therapy
  • Virtual Reality

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.