NPSNET: An Accurate Low-Cost Technique for Real-Time Display of Transient Events: Vehicle Collisions, Explosions and Terrain Modifications

Abstract

This work concentrates on a method for real-time collision detection and how to resolve that collision when it has occurred. The results of this effort are only a small part of the overall system, NPSNET. The collision detection mechanism is integrated into the overall system to create realism involving collisions. The original NPSNET system did not contain a collision detection and response module. The collisions to be detected include explosions such as missile contact with a vehicle, one vehicle running into another such as a jeep and a tank, and terrain modifications such as an artillery round hitting the ground and creating a crater. The overall system complements the DoD large- scale networking system, SIMNET. The NPSNET system is portable and able to run on any graphics workstation that has the GL libraries.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA246189

Entities

People

  • William Dale Osborne

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • C Programming Language
  • Collisions
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Explosions
  • Graphics
  • Munitions
  • Ray Tracing
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States

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