Designing advanced vehicle trainers using virtual simulation technology

The material presents issues related to using virtual simulator technology to design and implement various types of vehicle training stimulator-simulators. The needs were discussed for computer-assisted training using virtual simulation. Benefits of using virtual simulation technology were pointed out. The properties of a selected virtual simulation environment, as VBS3 [8] [13] is, were presented. Examples of three different vehicle-training simulators were presented: a medium-sized State Fire Service combat vehicle, and a railed as well as a wheeled LAV Rosomak armoured vehicle. Each of the trainers was built in order to carry out the training. The State Fire Service vehicle is used to study decision-making by the driver while driving to the place of action. The LAV Rosomak is used to train the use of weapons systems fitted in the vehicle by the commander as well as actions taken. The rail vehicle simulator is designed to train operators of these types of vehicles and to train for proper response to signals and situations within the area of the track. Examples of dedicated virtual objects were presented. At the end, exemplary training stimulator-simulators are presented using the technology of virtual simulators.