PARK CITY, Utah, December 1, 2003 -- Carbon Graphics LLC and The HFE Group today announced the successful completion, and delivery, of Airport VR, to Transport Canada.
Airport VR is a fully interactive tool for Airport construction and visualization that is built upon Carbon Graphic's Geo, the new 3D modeling & animation package for Visual Simulation. The HFE Group used the open Geo programmers Software Developers Kit (SDK) to build a suite of 4 interactive and interoperable Plugins. The Plugins (Airport Area Builder, DAFIF Import, Runway Builder & XML Export) are complimented by a collection of completed runway object files which can be dropped onto the scene from Geo's Model-Part library browser.
Andy Bushnell, Carbon Graphics' President said: "This excellent third-party tool suite showcases the ease of which it is possible to extend Geo into vertical markets using the Geo SDK. Geo itself is built upon the same SDK that is exposed to our users and this ensures that they have access to equivalent functionality and power as our internal developers". Andy further added: "During the development phase we added special features to Geo - most notably the drag-and-drop Model-Part Library browser - based on mutual engineering discussions and feature requests. This level of support and product response is unmatched in the industry today".
Chris Roberts, The HFE Group's Business Development Director said: "We evaluated Geo and competing products for our needs and chose Geo based on its easier-to-use Plugin SDK and responsive customer support". Chris further stated: "One of the critical responsibilities Transport Canada has is to provide visual training to airport inspectors who conduct engineering evaluations of airports. AirportVR is a modeling tool (And VR visualization package) designed to facilitate this. AirportVR can build airports from scratch or from existing DAFIF airport data".
About Carbon Graphics
Carbon Graphics LLC is an innovative company
specializing in software products & services for the Visual Simulation
market. Their flagship product is Geo - a 3D modeling and animation tool used
for building, editing & animating dynamic real-time models and scenes. Visit
the Carbon Graphics Web site at http://www.carbongraphics.com
For further in formation regarding this press
release or Carbon Graphics, please contact:
Alison Weckler, Director of Marketing
Carbon Graphics LLC
435-649-9874
alison@carbongraphics.com
About The HFE Group
The HFE Group applies a unique blend of expertise in the complementary fields
of: Modeling and Simulation, Human Factors Engineering & Training and User
Interface Design. In addition the HFE Group is the leading developer of High
Level Architecture (HLA) and DIS-based distributed simulation applications and
is a recognized expert in the application of the HLA Federation Development and
Execution Process (FEDEP) for simulation re-use supporting Simulation Based
Acquisition (SBA) and Concept Development and Experimentation (CDE).
For further in formation regarding this press release or The HFE Group, please contact:
Chris Roberts, Director of Business Development
The HFE Group
613-230-8226
chrisroberts@thehfegroup.com
Carbon Graphics and Geo are trademarks of Carbon Graphics LLC. The HFE Group and AirportVR are trademarks of The HFE Group. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned in this press release are the property of their respective owners.