Virtual User Interface for C3 Net Battle Management

Abstract

A virtual reality network management and analysis software package, inspired by a project reported initially by British Telecom, is being developed for the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) under a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program with Quality Research, Inc. The Phase 1 feasibility demonstrator led to a Phase 2 development effort. The software package acts as a data management and display device, acquiring information on network status in a variety of ways, processing the network status information, and displaying it in a two dimensional platform, superimposed on digitized three dimensional map data, perspective view from a steerable viewpoint, or in three dimensional color, real time virtual reality, using display goggles. This will allow management of tactical and strategic battlefield communications networks in real time and facilitate pre-battle planning and post-battle or post-exercise analysis of network performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA358802

Entities

People

  • John Brand
  • John Nichols

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Commerce
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Electronic Mail
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Information Warfare
  • Malware
  • Military Research
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • User Interface
  • Virtual Reality
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control