CAVE Based Visual System Design and Key Technologies Research in Marine Engine Room Simulation

摘要

Marine engine room simulation system can use for crew training, teaching practice, researching performance of ship power system and the auxiliary equipments. This paper introduces the hardware design, software module planning and key technologies of the engine room visual simulation system base on CAVE. A series of optimization methods from model to real-time rendering are proposed for the engine room virtual scene has many complex 3D entities and mapping. The following key technologies of CAVE software are discussed, including multichannel synchronization mechanism, stereo vision algorithm, the modeling and maneuvering of engine room virtual scene. These techniques and methods have been successfully applied to the developed multichannel visual engine room simulator.