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30 January 2002
Department of the Navy
Navy Research Lab
Virtual Reality Lab
Information Technology Division
Research Project:
Visualization of Underwater Acoustics
This project is funded by the Office of Naval Research. For more information, please contact Rob King or Larry Rosenblum.
Technical Objective
The technical objective is to develop effective hydro-acoustic data visualization
techniques for use in an anti-submarine warfare system.
This project is a collaboration with the Naval Undersea Warfare Command.
Operational Motivation
The objective of this project is to design, develop, and assess 3-D visualization
as an aid for the anti-submarine warfare decision maker to: (1) rapidly assimilate
the battlespace, (2) understand the problem uncertainty and develop more accurate
solutions, and (3) acquire new insights into the battlespace. The visualization
will be assessed in a tactically relevant problem domain (shallow water passive
localization) that includes a complex acoustic environment, measurement error
and uncertainty, complex acoustic coverage, and data latency.
Project Overview
Here are a few slides showing some example visualization techniques and visualization
environments.
| Hydro Acoustic Data Visualization | |
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1 Visualization Techniques (64KB) Semi-transparent surfaces |
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2 Avoiding Information Overload (49KB) We are designing a system that avoids information overload by showing only the relevant information at a given time. |
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3 Rapid Prototyping of Virtual Environments (63KB) Workbench / Grotto |
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4 VR Visualization Environments (50KB) Grotto / Workbench |