The Virtual Sand Table.

Abstract

The Virtual Sand Table (VST) is a series of software tools designed to help commanders better manage their battle space on a highly digitized battlefield identified by the U.S. Army as its near-team vision of future battle. The VST will assist commanders and their staffs in conducting the current battle and in preparing for the future battle. The VST provides an innovative way to visualize the battlefield from a unique and realistic perspective.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA328838

Entities

People

  • James A. Vaglia
  • Janet F. O'may
  • Joan E. Forester
  • John R. Surdu
  • Victor M. Long

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Application Software
  • Artillery
  • Automated Speech Recognition
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Distributed Interactive Simulations
  • Information Systems
  • Liquid Crystal Displays
  • Military Research
  • Network Protocols
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Space