Royal Navy: SubSafe 3D Simulator
Posted: 11 June 08
The Incredible Sims Toolkit™ has been used by HFI DTC / Aerosystems International to create an advanced 3D simulation of a Royal Navy Trafalgar class submarine. This project was developed by our sister company Incredible Box™.
The SubSafe project evolved following a request to the HFI DTC from the Submarine Integrated Project Team (IPT) at DE&S, Abbey Wood, to coordinate a new SMQ[D] study in which a comprehensive interactive computer model of an SSN submarine would be constructed.
SubSafe implements a variety of gaming techniques to teach spatial awareness, object location and provide operation information for equipment. Our software generates detailed metrics reports, enabling the HFI DTC to evaluate the advantages of Serious Games (read Wikipedia’s Serious Gaming article) against existing classroom and paper-based tuition methods.
A comprehensive evaluation of SubSafe is currently being undertaken by human factors specialists from the Universities of Birmingham and Cranfield, led by Professor Bob Stone – Research Director of the HFI DTC. The participants’ performances in locating safety critical items during their walkthrough onboard an actual submarine in week 7 of each participating SMQ[D] course will be recorded by means of instructor ratings and feedback. The data will then be analysed by the HFI DTC team to assess what, if any, benefits are afforded by SubSafe to trainees, over and above the PowerPoint-style training they currently receive. Knowledge fade will also be investigated, especially with those participants who return to Devonport having taken part in 6-month career-oriented training immediately following the SMQ[D] course.
SubSafe uses the Ogre 3D rendering engine. The project appears on their prestigious Featured Projects web-page.
Below are a selection of screenshots from SubSafe:
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