Building a Virtual Reality Navigation System for Remotely Operated Vehicle

摘要

A remotely operated vehicle (ROV) doesn't have navigational capability. This research tries to integrate Global Positioning System (GPS), motion sensor, gyrocompass and super short baseline underwater positioning system to a virtual reality (VR) system to become a navigation system. The size, location, and orientation of the exploring targets should be recognized from MBES data in order to model the VR underwater terrain and features. The position of the ROV, the heading and distance to the exploring target, and the hazard of collision to the underwater features will be shown in the VR environment. This paper also discusses the problems and solution of data jamming and time delay in the display. This research has demonstrated that VR is a suitable navigational solution to the ROV.