The NPSNET Visual Simulation System

NPSNET Visual Simulation System is a large-scale, DIS-compliant networked visual simulator written using the SGI Performer visual simulation toolkit and C++. NPSNET runs on Reality Engine class machines. NPSNET reads Multigen Flight formatted databases. NPSNET is public domain source code, i.e. the full source is available via anonymous ftp from the following site:

http://www.cs.nps.navy.mil/research/npsnet/distribution/page.html

Paper describing NPSNET and its abilities are also available on the web:

ftp://taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil/pub/NPSNET_MOSAIC/npsnet_mosaic.html

NPSNET is currently being utilitzed by over 100 DoD agencies and contractors. The software is configuration managed and documented in sulpport of our external user community.

Michael Zyda

Researcher
Naval Postgraduate School
Department of Computer Science
Spanagel Hall
Monterey, CA 93943-5118
USA
408-656-2305
408-656-4083 (fax)
zyda@cs.nps.navy.mil

For applications in related solution areas, see the following indices: Virtual Reality/Virtual Environments, Visual Simulation, the developer index for Naval Postgraduate School and the product category index for Visualization & Simulation.