November 16, 2015 -As featured on VIRTUAL REALITY REPORTER- https://virtualrealityreporter.com/serious-simulations-launches-zero-frame-latency-wireless-vr-processor-professional-grade-simulation-provider/

Serious Simulations LLC is an Orlando based VR company is a provider of human motion based, mixed and virtual reality training systems. Serious Simulations has its own custom built wireless head and helmet mounted displays (HMDs). The HMDs are available separately and also as components of Serious Simulations’ professional grade VR simulation and training systems for military, police, emergency responders and other trainees for complex or dangerous tasks.

The company designs training systems using custom made hardware and software components for specific skill training needs, combined with motion tracking systems, wireless communications devices, display technologies and commercial game engines. The company is a partner in the Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) network.

Serious Simulations is launching a unique product that drastically improves wireless Virtual Reality display performance for high resolution screens. Through its patent pending two-step process, the company manipulates simulation/game video streams in the GPU by conducting pre-wireless transmission image processing.

By industry standard, the wireless transmissions are sent in landscape mode only, so upon reception by the HMD’s receiver, the Serious Simulations specially designed “reformatter” device re-organizes the pixels on-the-fly for delivery directly to the display screens. The process works for all high resolution displays such as the LCD, LED, OLED, and AMOLED screens popular in cellular phones and tablets. The speed of the Serious Simulations device is such that it takes less than 20 micro-seconds to deliver the first pixel of the wireless image from the GPU to the screen, and actually gains speed during the process.

To put the speed concept in layman’s terms, even if video could be delivered as fast as a bolt of lightning, Serious Simulations images are delivered 486 times faster. Such speeds enable reduction of more than 25 percent of a wireless virtual reality system’s total pipeline latency, and typically eliminates at least 17 milliseconds for a 1920 x 1080 video resolution. The process also totally negates the need for frame rotation software, which is 1000 times slower than this new process, Chambers explained.

“While designing our wireless Head/Helmet Mounted Displays (HMDs) using high resolution small format cell phone/tablet displays, we found it necessary to innovate a new approach to overcome the significant processing delays that existed between wireless transmitters that are natively landscape devices, and cell phone displays that are natively portrait devices,” said Christopher Chambers, Co-Founder and CEO of Serious Simulations.

“This method is so fast it is literally a zero-frame latency procedure, and is essentially a zero-time latency procedure, Chambers said. “Eliminating big chunks of latency greatly improves the VR experience, enhances the suspension of disbelief for better training or entertainment, and greatly reduces the chances of trainee or player discomfort. Our goal is to advance the notion that high resolution wireless VR displays can and should be as efficient as wired VR displays. It really is time to untether the VR user community,” he said.

“SEA VR provides us a perfect launch pad for Serious Simulations’ newest VR device. The conference is well attended by VR thought leaders, industry members, and enthusiasts. The VR community can immediately benefit from our technology since we are ready to book orders for our reformatting device, and license its technology,” said Damon Curry, vice president of technology at Serious Simulations.

Serious Simulations designs virtual reality hardware and software including the world’s only wireless Peripheral Vision Immersive Device (PVID – a dual screen wireless HMD that enables true human peripheral vision in a virtual reality experience). Now, their VR processor device makes the PVID and their other HMDs the fastest wireless displays in the world as well.

Orlando, Fla. (Oct. 29, 2015)  — Serious Simulations LLC, has developed a groundbreaking new technology to help process visual images more than a thousand times faster than the human brain.

Christopher Chambers, co-founder and chief executive officer of Serious Simulations, said the new Serious Simulations Zero-Frame Latency Wireless VR Processor drastically improves wireless virtual reality (VR) display for high resolution screens.

In a training simulator, where first responders, soldiers and offshore oil well technicians must perfect critical skills, processing speed can mean future disasters avoided, lives saved and Americans kept safe.

Chambers called his company’s new processor a “reformatter” device that re-organizes VR images pixel-by-pixel “on the fly,” using pre-wireless transmission image processing.

“It takes less than 20 micro-seconds to deliver the first pixel of the wireless image to the screen, and the process accelerates,” Chambers explained.

According to cognitive scientists at MIT, the fastest human brain can process a visual image in 13 milliseconds. Serious Simulations is about 1,500 times faster.

Wireless transmitters stream images in landscape format—wider than tall. Most high-definition wireless displays in use today, including cell phones and tablets, typically render images in portrait format.

For a picture of a loved one, that doesn’t matter much. But a few millionths of a second can make the difference between the virtual reality you want a jet pilot to feel in a training environment and the awkward “suspension of disbelief” standard that was par for the simulator industry a decade ago.

Chambers said the new Serious Simulations Zero-Frame Latency Wireless VR Processor is so fast it can reduce a wireless VR system’s total pipeline latency by more than 25 percent.

For a single image in 1920 x 1080 resolution, Serious cuts about 17 milliseconds from the screen display time. That’s faster than the human brain.

And stacked up against the industry standard, the new Serious Simulations Zero-Frame Latency Wireless VR Processor does even better.

“We can totally eliminate the need for frame rotation software, and that difference alone speeds up image rendering by 1000 percent,” Chambers explained.

Serious Simulations made a name for itself with the world’s only wireless Peripheral Vision Immersive Device (PVID), which enables true human peripheral vision in a virtual reality event.

The firm now produces the fastest wireless displays in the world.

Serious Simulations is a client company of the UCF Business Incubation Program in the Central Florida Research Park in East Orange County.

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For more information contact: 

Damon Curry, Serious Simulations, LLC, 937-367-8441 dcurry@serioussimulations.com

Chris Chambers, CEO, Serious Simulations, LLC  cchambers@serioussimulations.com

Carol Ann Dykes, Site Manager, UCF Business Incubation Program 407-207-7426 carolann.dykes@UCF.edu

About Serious Simulations, LLC
Serious Simulations LLC, an Orlando based Veteran Owned business, produces wireless head and helmet mounted displays (HMDs) with very high resolutions and wide fields of view.  The industry-leading HMDs are available separately and also as components of Serious Simulations’ professional grade VR training systems for military, police, emergency responders and other trainees for complex or dangerous tasks.  The company designs training systems using custom made hardware and software components for specific skill training needs, combined with motion tracking systems, wireless communications devices, display technologies and commercial game engines.  The company is a partner in the Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) network. For more information, visit our web site at www.serioussimulations.com.

 

About the UCF Business Incubation Program
The University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program is a community resource that provides early-stage companies with the tools, training and infrastructure to become financially stable, high growth / impact enterprises.   Since 1999, this award-winning program has helped hundreds of local startup companies reach their potential faster by providing vital business development resources.

With seven facilities throughout the region, the UCF Business Incubation Program is an economic development partnership between the University of Central Florida, the Corridor, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia Counties, and the cities of Apopka, Kissimmee, Orlando and Winter Springs.  Participating companies sustain more than 3,600 local jobs and have had a total impact of $1.51 Billion on regional sales and $2.48 Billion on regional economic output.  During the last fiscal year, the program has returned $7.95 for every $1.00 invested in the program.  For more information, visit www.incubator.ucf.edu.

Serious Simulations recently joined the Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) network of companies who are pushing the edges of Virtual Reality technology. See excerpt of the OSVR press release below or go to http://www.osvr.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=653

ABOUT OSVR:

OSVR™ is a software platform designed to set an open standard for virtual reality input devices, games and output to provide the best possible VR game experience. Supported by industry leaders, the OSVR framework unites developers and gamers alike under a single platform. Plug in. Play Everything.

For the full list of OSVR supporters go to http://www.osvr.org

Like OSVR on FB: https://www.facebook.com/OpenSourceVR

Follow OSVR on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OpenSource_VR

PRESS CONTACTS:

press@osvr.org

APPENDIX: NEW OSVR SUPPORTERS:

The OSVR partner network has grown in size since the last update with 65 new companies bringing the total number of supporters to 230, one of the companies is…

Serious Simulationswas founded to provide professional trainers of dangerous and complex tasks a complete suite of mixed reality training products to improve performance. The company designs and manufactures individual and small group immersive simulators where human motion is the primary interface for the experience. Display technology is key to the experience, and the company currently has the widest FOV, high resolution, VR display in a wireless package.

ITEC 2015 SHOWCASING THE SPECTRUM OF SIMULATION 

As the leading international event for military training, education and simulation technology services, ITEC offers an exclusive demonstration of the sector’s latest and most innovative products and capabilities. With just under two weeks to go until ITEC makes its debut in the Czech Republic, over 140 companies are preparing to showcase new training and simulation systems to the event’s growing global audience.

Serious Simulations, LLC, an innovative provider of human motion based, mixed and virtual reality training systems for the military, law enforcement, firefighting, and medical communities, will exhibit for the first time at ITEC 2015. Serious Simulations will have a variety of media available to display their products and technology.  The military product is branded ready2traintm and includes their unique HMD with a very high definition, wide field of view as well as their patented weapon data sensing “skins.” The skins monitor the state and actions of a soldier’s real or simulated weapon and relay that information to a remote monitoring system. These skins are applicable to most automatic and semi-automatic firearms for US and international models.

Christopher Chambers, CEO, said “ITEC 2015 represents the launch of Serious Simulations’ European, Asian, and Middle East business opportunities.  We are looking to book orders for our military and law enforcement individual and small group tactical simulators.  Our simulators are unique offerings in the simulation market in that they enable natural human motion as the man-to-simulation interface, and allow trainees to use all of their actual combat/duty gear in training.  We are looking forward to forging new relationships with customers, as well as foreign market representatives and resellers.  Our first ITEC will be a great event in the exciting history of our growing company.”

Damon Curry, VP and Technical, Operations and Product Manager (VP TOP) for Serious Simulations, added, “the wide array of military, medical and security organizations attending ITEC allow an interchange of  ideas and expertise that lead to better training solutions for the military, commercial and emergency services personnel.”

Lockheed Martin will demonstrate the company’s latest advancements in simulation and training, with a focus on highlighting next-generation capabilities in the air and ground domains. They will feature proven training technologies that enable more affordable, reliable training including the Battlegroup Command and Control Trainer (BC2T), desktop crew trainers and an interactive turn-key training demonstration. In addition, Lockheed Martin will feature a number of head wearable devices that provide ultra-wide fields of view to enable highly immersive virtual or augmented reality training applications across all domains.

During ITEC, Lockheed Martin will also demonstrate progress toward developing an integrated Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) training environment. On April 29 at 4:00 p.m., Business Development Manager Tim James will provide an update on the F-35 training effort, discussing the international F-35 training concept as well as the importance of integrated LVC in shaping the future of training for fifth-generation systems.

Vic Torla, Business Development Director for Lockheed Martin Training and Logistics Solutions said, “ITEC allows us to position Lockheed Martin amongst the industry’s best and to demonstrate our leading capabilities. The conference assembles key international audiences presenting the opportunity to maximize valued time with our international customers while remaining considerate of travel expenditures that allow us to provide affordable and innovative training and simulation solutions.”

Esterline will announce a new brand name at ITEC 2015, Treality, for its recently acquired training and simulation business from Barco. Treality will then announce the commercial release of the TD-Series of display systems at ITEC 2015.  Treality display systems are used in flight, maritime, air traffic control, driving, ground warfare and firearms simulators as well as a variety of simulation visualisation applications. The TD-Series product is the first deployable display system using a patented roll-up seamless spherical screen.  The spherical screen rolls up into a smaller diameter for easy handling and shipment but then un-rolls into its design diameter at the installation site. The seamless spherical screen and support structures fit through any standard door so the display can be setup virtually anywhere. The entire display system can be fully assembled and operational in just a few hours due to its “snap together” magnetic connections and a user friendly design.

CAE have recently won defence contracts valued at approximately C$220 million for: the C-130J training systems for U.S. Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force; simulator upgrades and training services for the Royal Air Force; M-346 simulators for Italian Air Force; support services for British Army Warrior infantry fighting vehicle training systems; and support services for NATO Joint Lynx Simulator Training Establishment. CAE will showcase its latest generation CAE Medallion-6000 image generator in a rotary-wing training and mission rehearsal scenario. The demonstration will show content-rich scenes from a common database (CDB) that includes a mix of mountainous and coastal areas along with high density industrial and urban areas. CAE will also demo its Caesar trauma patient simulator. Built for trauma, disaster response and combat casualty care, Caesar is the most rugged patient simulator available today. With life-sized realism and modeled physiology, Caesar offers clinical accuracy for basic to advanced point-of-injury training. Caesar is built for durability in harsh climates and terrains, and he’s water-resistant for decontamination procedures.

MASA Group has recently upgraded its automated wargame solution for training or decision-support, MASA SWORD, with a series of new capabilities. Customers will benefit from a range of new features including an improved user interface to strengthen the training & analysis tool. SWORD version 6.0 comprises a range of new features and will be publicly showcased for the first time ITEC 2015.

Reiser Simulation and Training provides a wide range of training devices and simulators for civil and military use. The company will showcase its brand-new H145T2 flight simulator which will help train its helicopter crews and other international customers.

BEC will present a new mobile motion simulation platform with full motion capability and helicopter flight simulation at ITEC 2015. The system is integrated in a 20″ flat-rack container and can be transported and installed anywhere within short time. Visitors can apply online for a free test flight on the robot mounted BEC motion simulator.
 

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