Presagis Utilized by Leading U.S. Military Research Site to Power Next Generation Simulation
21 November 2006 12:14
Presagis (TSX: EGY), a leading provider of solutions for the development of high-end visualization and simulation applications, today announced that the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) is using AI.implant to help power its Integrating Architecture (IA) initiative.
This new program brings together leading research from within ICT, as well as external research from Army labs, research centers, and the commercial games industry. AI.implant provides the ICT project with dynamic pathfinding and intelligent-navigation capabilities, verified by the product’s successful track-record in a number of major simulation-projects and commercial video-game titles.
"The Institute for Creative Technologies was established to build a partnership among the entertainment industry, the military, and academia, with the goal of creating the most compelling and realistic simulations possible," said Dr. Michael van Lent, Project Leader of the Integrating Architecture Project for the Institute for Creative Technologies.
"We recognize Presagis’s commitment to simulation in the defense market, and look forward to employing the AI.implant tool in this project."
The mandate of ICT’s Integrating Architecture project is to build and maintain the Integrating Architecture technology base, a common virtual-environment that combines the strengths of game-industry technology with military-training simulations.
As diplomatic, economic, political, and social interaction is playing an increasing role in establishing control in conflict-zones, the ability to incorporate these non-kinetic aspects of engagement is crucial for next-generation simulations.
The Integrating Architecture project will use AI.implant’s pathfinding and intelligent navigation, in combination with ICT’s Artificial Intelligence research, to help enable the development of thousands of intelligent characters that exhibit the complex modes of behavior required for this advanced type of simulation.
"Having our AI.implant simulation-technology used in this project is a great honor," stated Dr. Paul Kruszewski, the chief technology officer for Presagis. "ICT is a leader in developing leading-edge simulation technology, and they have achieved this by bringing only the best the industry has to offer into their projects.
"With its visual authoring, and powerful crowd simulation tools, AI.implant is a good choice for a project of this significance."
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