We successfully concluded our UK TSB funded project for the Department for Transport and Highways Agency. We created a short video to help them disseminate our work.
It’s embedded below. We used the SAIC OLIVE virtual world platform combined with Masa Group’s DirectIA Artificial Intelligence software and expertise.
Coram UK was also a key partner bringing their deep domain expertise to help ensure the end product accurately reflects working practices and was easy to use.
Masa Group just posted an overview of the project in their case studies section of their website here.
TRAF*MAN Traffic Simulation for Decision Support using AI & VW from Ron Edwards on Vimeo.
Interesting multi-faceted experience – using Ovi maps, live events, alternate reality gaming. Looking forward to seeing how it all works.
Nokia and Tim Kring launch Conspiracy For Good.
Ambient Performance, MASA Group and Coram UK are nearing completion of TRAFMAN – Training Press Releases.
13-May-2010 » Training Press Releases » Ambient Performance (Lead), MASA Group and Coram UK are nearing completion of a 6 month response to a SBRI call from the UK Technology Strategy Board and the Highways Agency for Synthetic Environments in Managed Motorways to explore the use of synthetic environments applied to transport, in this case, modelling and managing complex traffic situations on motorways.
We’ll be showing this at ITEC in London May 18-20 at our stand A120.
Our new mobile augmented reality based project Viz*it Iron Age Experience was launched last week with Hampshire County Council. It features an animated 3D warrior with professional voiceover and several videos which combine images and other animations to bring the Iron Age to life. There are three versions available including German. It runs on most of the Nokia N Series smartphones and all of the audio and video can be downloaded separately to run on other phones and portable devices. You can learn more about it and download at http://vizit.mobi. We are collecting feedback from within the application and we’ll share the results here.
Title Screen
Viz*it Main Menu Screen
Viz*it Iron Age Warrior Augmented Reality
Our UK Technology Strategy Board SBRI Funded TRAF*MAN project for the UK Department of Transportation/Highways Agency is progressing well.
We had an interesting international team meeting yesterday on the virtual M42 (the location of the simulation) we imported into OLIVE . The meeting was to discuss how to best calibrate the Artificial Intelligence (AI) software which will control vehicles with various driver behaviours to ensure accuracy and fidelity. Our 3D artist suggested we meet in-world to provide the context for our discussion which was very helpful (and fun!).
TRAF*MAN Project Team Meeting
Here’s an overview of the project:
TRAF*MAN Visual Interactive & Intelligent Motorway Management Simulation System
TRAF*MAN will create an immersive synthetic visual environment for modelling and managing incidents on Managed Motorways. The innovative aim of TRAF*MAN is to merge known network performance data with autonomous virtual ‘vehicle drivers’ whose dynamic decision-making is in response to real time triggers – signs, signals, tailbacks, lane closures, opening or closing of the hard shoulder – all presented in a virtual environment.
The prime focus of TRAF*MAN will be on the behaviours of the two main human elements in the system namely, the Control Room Operators in Regional Control Centres and the vehicle drivers. Other road responder behaviours e.g. Traffic Officers, Police, Incident Support Unit can be added as required downstream. Centrally, a ‘controller’ role will be an integral part of TRAF*MAN being able to simulate realistic incident scenarios by adjusting system parameters, introducing planned or random events, and recording data and events in preparation for an exercise or dynamically during the exercise. This ‘record and review’ function can also be used for ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ debriefs or as a mechanism to prompt reflection by professionals using the system.
TRAF*MAN is being led by Ambient Performance with partners Masa Group and Coram UK .
