LandForm VisualFlight™ Rapid Imaging Software, Albuquerque, NM

1. Innovation • LandForm VisualFlight™ is the power of a geographic information • system (GIS) and the speed of a flight simulator, accessible from any • Windows application. LandForm VisualFlight™Rapid Imaging Software, Albuquerque, NM • Accomplishments • The Advanced Flight Visualization Toolkit (VisualFlight™) project is • developing a suite of virtual reality immersive telepresence software • tools which combine the real-time flight simulation abilities with the • data density of a Geographic Information System (GIS). This • technology is used for virtual reality training of crews, analysis of • flight test data, and as an on-board immersive situation display. It will • also find application as a virtual cockpit, and in teleoperation of • remotely piloted vehicles. • AFVT will enhance the ability of analysts and operators to interact • with large amounts of multidimensional data using the most natural • paradigm available: 3D immersion. This operator/data interaction • technology will be an advancement comparable to the invention of the • Heads-Up Display (HUD). AFVT will move the HUD into the third • dimension. • A simplified user interface, it will fuse real-time 3D displays of terrain • with digital maps, satellite data, vehicles, flight paths, and waypoints. • This unique and innovative approach will build upon recent software • technology research and development from Rapid Imaging Software. • VisualFlight™ permits users to construct and deploy their own • immersive multidimensional display applications on Windows-based • computer platforms. • Commercialization • VisualFlight™ is sold as a development kit starting with 5 run-time licenses.  Users who wish to distribute more applications using LandForm VisualFlight™ technology can purchase additional run-time licenses as needed. • VisualFlight™ 1.0 has been available to qualified users for several months now, and the response is excellent.  VisualFlight™ has been deployed to display live real-time flight data broadcast over a network.  Please visit this page for the latest VisualFlight™ developments. • LandForm V/O Video Overlay plug-in for LandForm C3 or Flight Vision is available for the Matrox Corona board only.  The price is $4995 for a # single users license.  Site license is available for $6995. • Government/Science Applications • The firm’s VisualFlight™ System was used to fly the X- 38 • on it’s latest test flight. The flight vehicle was piloted by • astronaut (Ken Ham) using LandForm VisualFlight system as • his digital cockpit window. Johnson Space Center Date of Update 12-17-2001 Success Story 9-58 Points of Contact: NASA Jane I Fox- 281-481-1803 Company: info@landform.com 1998 SBIR Phase II; NASNAS9-99145