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WHAT IS VBS4
VBS4 is a whole-earth virtual desktop trainer and simulation host that allows you to create and run any imaginable military training scenario.
The VBS4 workflow steps the user through Prepare - Execute - Assess phases, facilitating fast and effective skills enhancement. In VBS4, users create “Battlespaces” that are a collection of terrain edits, mission plans, scenario files and after-action reviews. Each Battlespace is centered on a specific location on the virtual Earth. Scenarios can be modified in real time and replayed in the After-Action Review for lessons learned. VBS4 scenarios can be fully constructive (AI controlled), fully virtual (human controlled) or a mix of both.
VBS4 provides a comprehensive virtual desktop training environment with whole-earth rendering for tactical training, experimentation, and mission rehearsal, and performs as a powerful simulation host for any IG.
SHARE TERRAIN DYNAMICALLY ACROSS VBS4 AND OTHER RUNTIMES
A powerful companion application (free with every license of VBS4), VBS World Server (VWS) is a geospatial data server that provides efficient networked access to high-fidelity terrain for the entire planet. While other rendering engines ingest and render 3D data, they do so exclusively for visual display. The VBS World Server is different in that it automates processes to import, curate, mesh and classify data for interactions like walking/driving on terrain, collisions, entering buildings and simulating destruction for real-time simulation.
VBS4 or VBS Blue IG can stream high fidelity terrain data from VWS in a performant manner. Both new and legacy terrain formats are supported through new VWS plug-ins. VWS is optional, and both VBS4 and VBS Blue IG support local terrain data storage in addition to VWS.
A POWERFUL SIMULATION HOST
VBS4 can drive multiple IG channels as a high fidelity simulation host to tap into the comprehensive simulation capabilities for simulator use. Connecting VBS4 to BISim’s VBS Blue IG is trivial and a range of display types are supported, from multi-channel domes to VR head-mounted displays. VBS4 can be run as a ‘headless host’ not only with VBS Blue IG but with any CIGI-compliant image generator.
Terrain edits made in the VBS4 terrain editing tool can be saved on the VBS World Server and are instantly available in VBS Blue IG or any other connected IG.*
*Support for other IGs will be available in the 20.1 release.
INCLUDES:
Increase the Speed of Scenario Creation - VBS Plan
VBS4 includes VBS Plan, a new mission planning capability that creates massive time savings for instructors and administrators by allowing them to draw static plans on the 2D and 3D maps using standard military symbols, and then execute those plans at an entity level in VBS4. With VBS Plan, users created a synchronized Company-level plan 100 times faster in VBS4 than in VBS3.
Generate and Edit Terrains Faster - VBS Geo
VBS4 includes VBS Geo, a new intuitive WYSIWYG editor that allows users to import, create and modify terrain. The interface enables users without formal training to quickly and easily edit terrains.
Users can add, move and rotate objects on the terrain, raise or lower terrain, edit roads and other linear features, quickly draw new forests and edit surface detail, and immediately leverage these terrain changes in VBS4 scenarios. Testing has shown that editing terrain using VBS Geo is 10 times faster than using Visitor4 in VBS3.
Next Generation AI to Reduce the Need for Human Operators
BISim aims to reduce human intervention in simulation exercises through its VBS Control deterministic and doctrinal AI that is fully integrated with VBS4 and the new mission planning component.
VBS4 includes the following pre-built AI behaviors:
Convoy AI: reliable ETA, react to ambush, navigate tight urban spaces
Military AI: a set of “waypoint replacements” for improved military AI, both infantry and vehicles
Pattern of Life: civilian and traffic “clutter”
FOR EXISTING CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE VBS3 OR WOULD LIKE TO DEPLOY VBS3 IN YOUR SYSTEMS, PLEASE CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION.
COST EFFECTIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE
With over 10,000 detailed models of military and civilian vehicles, weapons, and characters, VBS3 is a virtual sandbox, which reduces development costs associated with deploying a desktop training solution.
FULL OF FEATURES AND CAPABILITIES
VBS3 combines a massive content library, scenario development tools, and after action review capability that immerses trainees in a high-fidelity, multiplayer virtual environment. It includes a user-friendly application that allows for interoperability with external HLA/DIS networks and host computers that use the CIGI protocol, a robust DIS-enabled voice communications system, and a mission planning tool for adding military markings to scenarios.
READY TO RUN, YET CUSTOMISABLE
Simply load VBS3 onto a PC and use the supplied tools and models to set up a scenario and start training. VBS3 also features built-in development tools to customize models and import your own models and terrains.