VR-Engage
MAK ONE Multi-Domain Multi-role Virtual Simulator
VR-Engage puts users in operational roles—including dismounted personnel; vehicle driver, gunner, or commander; fixed-wing or rotary-wing pilot; drone operator; and sensor operator—within the MAK ONE common synthetic environment.
Built on the VR-Forces simulation engine and VR-Vantage rendering engine, VR-Engage keeps human-controlled role players and simulated entities fully correlated within the same terrain, weather, scenario, and adjudicated synthetic environment.
High-Fidelity Virtual Role Players for Multi-Domain Operations
VR-Engage adds high-fidelity, human-controlled virtual role players directly into the MAK ONE multi-domain operations synthetic environment.
- Operate dismounted personnel to move, observe, communicate, and engage within the virtual environment;
- Pilot fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft using HOTAS hardware and touchscreen cockpit instruments;
- Control drones, UAV payloads, remote sensors, and cameras using mission-appropriate controls.
Operational Systems, Recreated in the Synthetic Environment
VR-Engage’s open architecture and published SDKs and APIs enable developers to configure each virtual role-player station to replicate the interfaces, controls, and responses of the operational system it represents.
- Tailor displays, workflows, and user interfaces to match tactical systems;
- Integrate COTS or mission-specific controls, hardware, and communications;
- Customize weapons, sensors, and platform motion and dynamics for role-specific training.
Benefits of Correlated Virtual Role Players and Constructive Simulation
- Share the same terrain, weather, time of day, entity state, and adjudicated effects;
- Build scenarios, models, and configurations once and deploy them across virtual and constructive stations;
- Transition entities between simulated and human control during scenario execution;
- Manage player roles, entity assignments, communications, and scenario events from VR-Forces.
- Eliminate correlation issues through a shared technology stack, reducing integration cost and enabling faster delivery.
- Maintain consistent behaviors, visual representation, and simulation outcomes across every human-controlled and simulated entity.
Customizable by Design
- Using the VR-Engage GUI, you can configure different user interface control devices (such as flight controllers) using mapping files.
- Users can rig new vehicle models to use one of the vehicle types provided by MAK
- VR-Engage Users Guide explains how to use the VR-Forces Simulation Object Editor to configure aircraft.
- You can change the look/feel/arrangement of cockpit instruments.
- You can configure EO/IR/NVG/SAR sensors using VR-Engage display settings options.
Built on the MAK ONE Technology Stack
The same MAK ONE Render Engine that powers VR-Vantage also brings advanced visual features to immersive first-person VR-Engage simulators.
The same MAK ONE Simulation Engine that powers VR-Forces also simulates the human character or vehicle platform you control with a VR-Engage simulator.
Beautiful Realistic Synthetic Environments
Procedurally generated terrain on-the-fly from VR-TheWorld.
Pre-built terrain databases can be paged in or loaded from many industry standard formats.
MAK ONE is the synthetic environment platform of choice by governments and system integrators around the world as they join disparate simulations into a common virtual world.
Explore how VR-Engage fits into these systems by sliding through the illustrations below.
Key Features
Operational Role Players
Add dismounted personnel, vehicle crews, pilots, drone operators, and sensor operators directly into the MAK ONE multi-domain synthetic environment.
Open Interoperability
Operate standalone, connect multiple VR-Engage stations, or participate in VR-Forces and DIS/HLA-based federations.
Dynamic Role and Entity Control
Switch entities between simulated and human control in real time, take control of VR-Forces entities, and manage player assignments from the exercise-control station.
Multi-Crew and Embarkation Operations
Enter, exit, and crew vehicles; operate as driver, gunner, or commander; and embark on simulated or player-controlled platforms.
Integrated Tactical Communications
Communicate with other players, instructors, and DIS/HLA-compliant radio systems using integrated voice and radio networks.
Mission-Ready Combat Systems
Employ sensors, weapons, countermeasures, and adjudicated effects across air, land, maritime, and dismounted operations.
Interactive Synthetic Environment
Interact with terrain, buildings, vehicles, and mission objects while receiving synchronized visual, audio, weather, and simulation effects.
MAK ONE Terrain Agility
Use existing terrain data or MAK ONE streaming and procedural terrain capabilities for operations anywhere in the world.
Open and Configurable
Use published SDKs and APIs to tailor user interfaces, controls, hardware, platform models, sensors, weapons, rendering, and tactical-system integrations.
High-Fidelity Platform Dynamics
Integrate mission-appropriate vehicle, aircraft, and platform motion models for realistic control and response.
Immersive Display Options
Support desktop, multi-channel, virtual reality, and mixed reality displays using COTS or mission-specific hardware.
