Last week, we just released a new video showcasing the new Simax Content Authoring tools, which allow to easily create new environments and vehicles for Simax simulation V.R. systems:
Simax Content Authoring tools
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Realtime, screen-space local reflections, using C# and SharpDX
The following video shows my own implementation of the technique "Real Time Local Reflections (RLR)" used by Crytek in CryEngine3, and described here.
This particular implementation works with a non-deferred rendering system, and it’s adapted to work particularly well with planar surfaces like roads (which is what we most use it for, here at Simax).
The process is basically doing a texture lookup for the reflections as usual, but instead of using a cubemap, we use a simple texture (a copy of the previous back-buffer). It also needs a copy of the previous frame's depth buffer, to do a raymarch looking for the appropriate sample. The steps are the following:
- 1.- Start from the screen position of the pixel you are shading
- 2.- Move along the direction of the reflected (and projected to screen space) normal
- 3.- At each step, take a sample of the depth buffer, and look for a hit. If found, use the sample of the backbuffer at the same offset. If not, move one step forward until you are out of the texture bounds
Cons
It has a lot of downsides, as the amount of information present on a single texture is very limited. One key aspect is to fade out when you are reaching the limits of the backbuffer and when the reflection vector is facing the viewer (and therefore doesn´t hit the backbuffer). That way, you avoid hard edges in the reflection.
Another limitation is its compatibility with multisampling. The problem is that you need a copy of depth buffer, and if it's multisampled, you need to resolve it to a single sampled resource. Resolving the depth buffer from a multisample resource is not a trivial task, and in DX10 only graphics cards, it seems to be not possible (beside from doing it manually).
The method: ResolveSubResource does a good job with back-buffers, but it doesn´t work with depth-buffers (I haven´t tried in DX11 yet). Another option is to move to DX 10.1 and pass the depth buffer to the shader as a multi-sampled resource, using the Texture2DMS type introduced in DX 10.1. It allows to pass multi-sampled resources to shaders, so the resolving can be done in the shader.
Pros
The major advantage of this method is speed. By grabbing only the previous backbuffer, you can add reflections to almost any object in your scene. Of course, the shader used to draw is slower than a simple one, but nothing compared with the cost of rendering multiple cube-maps or other methods...
Also, despite its cons, it does a pretty convincing job in certain cases. Wet roads, water shaders and such stuff is a perfect case for it, as when you are driving in a simulator, the angle of incidence on the road, and therefore the reflection vector fit well with the back-buffer projection.
Another implementation of the technique can be found here. I haven´t tried it, but it seems to work too…
Cheers !
Simax City Bus Simulator video Released
Today, we have released the first video of the Simax City Bus Simulator. Featuring a Mercedes Benz Citaro bus, it allows drivers to safely practice driving with such vehicles, with an extremely affordable cost compared to other professional training tools.
More info at: www.simaxvirt.com
Simax Simulator to be used by the DGT as a diagnostic tool for brain damage
The DGT (Dirección General de Tráfico www.dgt.es), the Spanish organization in charge of traffic legislation and the Imserso (www.imserso.es), the Spanish Institute for the third age and social services, are using one of our Simax Simulators to test the ability to drive on people suffering from some kind of brain damage. The simulator allows them to safely drive through a real environment and to interact with other drivers, while the system automatically monitors and evaluates the way they drive, presenting a complete report with possible failures. Then, experts process that information, along with the results of other tests, to determine if the driver should be suggested to continue driving or not.
More info at: www.simaxvirt.com
[Please navigate to minute 36 to access to the info]
Simulador Simax como herramienta de diagnóstico para personas con daño cerebral (minuto 36)
La DGT (Dirección General de Tráfico), así como el Imserso (Instituto de Mayores y Servicios Sociales), están utilizando uno de nuestros simuladores Simax para evaluar la habilidad para conducir en personas que han sufrido algún tipo de daño cerebral. El simulador permite a dichas personas conducir de forma totalmente segura por un entorno real, e interactuar con otros conductores, mientras evalúa y monitoriza automáticamente el modo en que conducen, para presentar finalmente un completo informe con los posibles fallos cometidos durante el proceso. Entonces, expertos en la materia analizan dichos resultados, conjuntamente con los de otros tests realizados, para determinar si es aconsejable que esa persona siga conduciendo o no.
Más información en: www.simaxvirt.com
Conduce un simulador Simax Bentley Continental GT V8
Como parte de la promoción del Campeonato del Mundo FIA GT1 que tendrá lugar la semana que viene en el Circuito de Navarra, estos días tenéis la oportunidad de rodar virtualmente con un Bentley Continental GT V8 a los mandos de un simulador Simax. En el Parque Comercial Galaria (c.c. La Morea) - Pamplona -
Bentley Continental GT V8 Simulator, by Simax
Ayer lanzamos un video sobre el último producto Simax: el simulador del nuevo Bentley Continental GT V8, utilizado por la marca en la premiere mundial para prensa especializada este año. Tuvo gran aceptación entre gente como Tiff Needell (Fifth Gear), Frank Marcus (MotorTrend USA) o Guy Smith (ganador de LeMans 2003). Este último estuvo casi 2 horas conduciendo en el simulador, bajando tiempos vuelta tras vuelta. Más info en: www.simaxvirt.com
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Yesterdary, we released a video about the latest Simax product: the Bentley Continental GT V8 simulator, which was used by the brand in the world press premiere last February. People like Tiff Needell (Fifth Gear), Frank Marcus (MotorTrend USA) or Guy Smith (2003 LeMans winner) had the chance to try it. Mr. Smith was driving for almost 2 hours in the sim, getting better and better times each lap. More info at: www.simaxvirt.com
Simax to develop the Bentley Continental GT V8 Simulator
During the last month, Bentley has been presenting the new Continental GT V8 at the Circuit of Navarra.
Simax was there, testing the car and working in the development of an accurate simulation, to be introduced in the Simax driving simulators permanently installed at the circuit, so journalists could test the car both virtually and in the real track.
After several days working with Bentley experts to tune up the simulated car, the result has been pretty impressive. Now, journalists from all around the globe, like Tiff Needell, from Fifth Gear (in the picture, driving one of our simulators) are coming to the event.
There were also some professional drivers there, like the LeMans 2003 Winner Guy Smith, who was driving in our simulator for almost one hour and a half. It was a pleasure to hear his impressions, and I must say, he really liked the sim.
Simax emergency braking practice, with and without ABS
The following video shows one of the Road Safety training exercises available in the Simax Road Safety simulator. It allows to practice emergency braking and obstacle avoidance on wet surfaces. The driver learns how to react depending on the presence of an ABS system or not.
Simax Night Driving Practicing
This training exercise allows the driver to practice night driving, like in any real car, through a 24Km-long highway.
Simax Driving Simulator exercise: emergency situations practice
Today, we have released a new video about emergency situations practice in Simax:
Description: This exercise allows the driver to practice reactions at emergency situations like water ponds on the road, accidents, trucks dropping their load, or even rocks falling. The simulator can even analyze reaction times, traveling direction progress, etc.
Hope you like it…
Simax F1 Simulator
Today, we have released an introductory video of the next challenge we are facing here at Simax: take our technology to the F1 racing field.
In this case, we are developing a replica of the Renault R30: a 2.4L V8 engine which reaches 19.000 rpm and almost 900 hp, for less than 600 Kg… Awesome!
Hope you like it…
A Porshce 911 S at the Simax Simulator
Today, we have released a couple of videos of a lap to the Circuit of Navarra, with a Porsche 911 S in the Simax Simulator. You can check them out at YouTube (FullHD 1080p recommended):
TCS and ESP are ON
TCS and ESP are OFF
Simax Forklift Simulator
We are about to release the next Simax simulator. It´s the new Forklift Simulator, a full-featured, next-gen training simulator to learn all the concepts needed to drive and work with a forklift, including basic management of the device´s features, load handling and distribution, driving in every possible situation, dangerous or emergency situations, usual load and unload works, etc. All of our virtual machines are exact replica of their real counterparts: with real motorized joints, mass distribution, and exact layout of controls like levers, joysticks, pedals, etc.
The Simax Forklift Simulator is still a beta release, but will be in the market very soon. You can find more info at: www.simaxvirt.com or at info@simax.es.
Simax + Martan –La simulación aplicada a la formación-
Hace pocos días, Martan fue galardonada con el Premio Cluster TIC al mejor Proyecto Tecnológico, por la incorporación de nuestros simuladores Simax dentro de sus procesos formativos. Aquí podéis encontrar un vídeo presentando el proyecto:
Martan from 601 Producciones Audiovisuales on Vimeo.
Simax ECO-Driving and Road Safety HD video
At Simax, we have been working hardly the last months on improving the ECO-Driving and Road Safety training features of our simulators. Some results of this work are shown in the following video:
(I´d recommend you to see it in HD if you have a fast internet connection).
Some of the new features included are:
- New hybrid cars
- Pedestrians walking around cities, which interact with cars and traffic lights
- New ECO-Driving indicators, to graphically monitor fuel consumption
- New ECO-Driving advisers, which indicate you how to drive optimally, to reduce CO2 emissions
- 2D digital copies of car’s displays and indicators, to make them clearly readable in small screens
- And much more…
More info at: www.simaxvirt.com
Asegura IT Camp 2, by Informática 64
Lo pasamos bien. Francamente bien.
Y eso que cada vez que escucho una charla del Maligno, o de cualquiera de sus secuaces dedicados a la seguridad informática se me ponen de corbata…
Más info en Windows Tecnico:
http://www.windowstecnico.com/archive/2010/10/28/asegurait-camp-ii-de-nuevo-un-233-xito.aspx
Salud!
Simax en el Microsoft Innovation Day
Simax estuvo invitada a una de las ponencias como “caso de éxito”, según Microsoft, junto con la directora de Indisys, otra gran empresa con una tecnología que aplica la inteligencia artificial para aplicativos del lenguaje natural, realmente impresionante.
Directivos de Intel dejaron ver ordenadores portátiles especialmente diseñados para niños, que resisten incluso caídas desde 60 cm de altura (impresionante ver al ponente dándole patadas). Me gustó mucho un gráfico que mostraron de la tendencia en disipación de calor que seguían los procesadores de tecnología Pentium. De no haber cambiado de tecnología, ahora mismo un procesador disiparía por cm2 el mismo calor que la tobera de una lanzadera espacial. Gracias a la evolución tecnológica, la reducción del tamaño de los transistores, y a la paralelización, se ha conseguido reducir el consumo de forma dramática. Por cierto, Intel tiene un prototipo de procesador (por el momento para estaciones de computación), con ¡¡¡80 núcleos en un solo chip !!!
También me gustó mucho la ponencia de César Gaicoya, reputado arquitecto, y uno de los artífices del museo Guggenheim de Bilbao, junto a Frank Gehry. Mostró el proceso de diseño y fabricación que siguieron en el museo, haciendo hincapié en los puntos donde más se innovo (que no fueron pocos). Se me caía la baba, la verdad…
En fin, un gusto.
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