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Did you hear? VR-TheWorld Supports Tactical Maps!
We'll focus on two important additions to VR-TheWorld:
1. An embedded tile server, OpenStreetMap data in OpenMapTiles format, and sample MapBox GL styles that you can use in Raster layers.
2. Global data additions to support the VR-Forces Aggregate-Level simulation scenarios.
MAK Delivers Hands-on VR-Forces Training to Kemalak for Virtual Sand Table Development
In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, MAK Technologies’ Simulation Product Trainer, Melinda Minear, recently led a tailored MAK ONE workshop focused on VR-Forces for Kemalak Group SDN BHD. Kemalak is a systems integrator dedicated to helping their customers make informed decisions through the right tools, knowledge, and solutions.
RFView® for MAK ONE is here, bringing next-generation SAR imaging into MAK ONE synthetic environments.
Jointly developed with Information Systems Laboratories (ISL), RFView® for MAK ONE combines ISL’s decades of expertise in radar simulation with MAK’s multi-domain, terrain-agile synthetic environments—delivering fully correlated SAR imagery that integrates seamlessly with EO/IR sensor and out-the-window views.
An Operational Look at Training in a GPS-Jammed Environment with MAK ONE
By Ross Uhler, Director of Strategic Business Development and former Air Force Lt. Col.
Aircraft and precision weapons rely on GPS as part of their integrated navigation systems. As a C-130 navigator, our systems used a combination of GPS, INS, doppler, and my own calculations to confirm the aircraft’s position. However, we had no way to train in a GPS jamming environment to learn how first to identify jamming was occurring and then adjust our navigation systems accordingly.
Offline but Not Off the Map: MBTiles Export in VR-TheWorld
By Tim Collins, North America Sales
Most MAK customers know that VR-TheWorld Server streams terrain data into your simulation with impressive efficiency, delivering raster data like elevation and imagery, along with feature data like roads, buildings, and trees. However, not all customers can support an online system architecture connected to the Internet.
Open Standards: Man's Best Friend
By Jim Kogler (You can find Jim's original article on LinkedIn)
I want to discuss Open Standards and their importance in government use. I’ve spent most of my professional life working with Open Standards and Open APIs. I know that many people are new to the field, and some of my insights may not be immediately obvious to all of you.
How to Configure MAK ONE’s VR-Engage Virtual Simulator with Accurate Vehicle Dynamics based on an Existing Model
By Len Granowetter
MAK’s VR-Engage virtual simulator application, part of the MAK ONE suite, includes a built-in vehicle dynamics simulation, using Vortex, by CM Labs. Vortex is a mature and powerful COTS physics and dynamics engine that provides a simple authoring UI, allowing users to model at whatever fidelity is desired – including modeling of multi-axle drive and steering systems, dynamic loads, wheeled and tracked systems, physics of turrets and other parts, etc. However, the MAK ONE platform is also capable of using pre-existing dynamics models and external code that is not based on the Vortex physics engine. Here's how to configure VR-Engage with accurate vehicle dynamics based on an existing model.
VR-Engage 2.0.3 has arrived! Here is what's new.
By Len Granowetter
We just announced our mid-2023 set of maintenance releases for the MAK ONE applications – VR-Forces, VR-Vantage, and VR-Engage. For the most part, maintenance releases are about bug fixes, optimizations, and other minor configuration changes that make our customers’ experience better. But sometimes, maintenance releases also include some targeted new capabilities that are additive or low-impact - that’s the case with the VR-Engage 2.0.3 release.
An experiment with ChatGPT-Powered Customer Support
By Jim Kogler (**edited by ChatGPT, Morgan, and Dan)
I have been approached by multiple customers suggesting the idea of developing a support system by training an OpenAI/Chat-GPT system on our MAK documentation set. They believed it could potentially provide some level of autonomous help desk for our customers. Intrigued by the possibility of automating support, I decided to give it a try. However, I must say it hasn't gone well, and as a result, we won't be releasing it just yet.
Learn how AI can sometimes be misleading...
MAK FIRES: Individual training in the context of a multi-domain operation
For more than 30 years, MAK has been providing commercial software products used by customers, just like you, to create simulated environments for concept development, research, design, and training. Recently, MAK expanded our staff to include experts in the design, development, and implementation of training solutions to train individual skills in a collective training environment. MAK's mission has always been to be a partner, not just a vendor. Our Training Solution Division expands the solutions we can offer to minimize your risk and program cost, and help you achieve program success.
Our first Training Solution offering is MAK FIRES, a comprehensive and immersive training system that provides realistic training for Call for Fire (CFF) missions. MAK's own Bill Kamer, a retired Bradley Master Gunner, was the inspiration behind MAK Fires. Immediately upon joining the MAK team, Bill saw the potential of using the MAK ONE environment to create an easy-to-use and realistic CFF trainer that can be used by an individual trainer at their home station or as part of a formal CFF classroom environment.
