Virgin Galactic Selects Quantum3D's Advanced Simulation Platform
for Spaceship Command Training
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- I/ITSEC, Booth
#2401 -- Quantum3D, Inc., a leading provider of visual
computing solutions for government and commercial applications,
today announced Virgin Galactic, the world's first commercial
spaceline, has ordered Quantum3D's six-channel
Independence® IDX 7000 image generator. Virgin Galactic
will use Quantum3D's most advanced real-time image generator
to train pilots on spaceship equipment and command.
"Our first priority in sub-orbital space exploration is safety,
and by leveraging Quantum3D's IDX 7000 with the most advanced image
generation, we are giving our pilots the best training available
for space exploration," said Keith
Colmer, senior test pilot, Virgin Galactic. "Quantum3D
created an impressive high quality database, including imagery of
our spaceship models, buildings, hangars, and spaceport to provide
the most realistic simulation possible for our pilots, which will
assist in creating a space program to support flying almost anyone
to space and back safely."
The IDX 7000 offers enhanced performance and capabilities to
deliver Virgin Galactic a versatile and powerful simulation and
training platform that can be setup in a dedicated room or easily
transported, to meet a range of onsite, on-location and mobile
training needs. Combined with Mantis® shader-based
real-time scene management software with geo-specific, worldwide
synthetic environments, Virgin Galactic will be able to train their
pilots in a variety of simulations, from instrument/cockpit
familiarization to a full range of special effects, sensors,
weather, and lighting, along with mission-critical functions such
as height-above-terrain and line-of-sight intersection testing.
"Virgin Galactic is on the cusp of a new frontier – making
sub-orbital space accessibility a reality," said Wade Guindy, president, Quantum3D. "We are proud
to have Virgin Galactic using our IDX 7000 image generator and
Mantis software to train their pilots for the future of consumer
space travel."
About Quantum3D
Quantum3D, Inc. is a leading developer
and manufacturer of commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS),
open-architecture, real-time visual computing solutions. Quantum3D
combines the most advanced hardware and software systems for
graphics simulation in a variety of markets and
implementations—image generation; tactical computing for avionics;
vehicle and man-wearable applications; synthetic environments;
graphics subsystems; and other COTS solutions. Quantum3D is a
privately-held company headquartered in San Jose, California.
For more information about Quantum3D real-time visual computing
solutions, please visit www.quantum3d.com.
About Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic, owned by Sir
Richard Branson's Virgin Group and
aabar Investments PJS, is on track to be the world's first
commercial spaceline. The new spaceship (SpaceShipTwo, VSS
Enterprise) and carrier craft (WhiteKnightTwo, VMS Eve) have both
been developed for Virgin Galactic by Mojave-based Scaled Composites. The Spaceship
Company, a new aerospace production company founded by Virgin
Galactic and Scaled Composites, is building the fleet of vehicles
for Virgin Galactic. Founded by Burt
Rutan, Scaled developed SpaceShipOne, which in 2004 claimed
the $10m Ansari X Prize as the
world's first privately developed manned spacecraft. Virgin
Galactic's new vehicles share much of the same basic design, but
are being built to carry six customers, or the equivalent
scientific research payload, on sub-orbital space flights, allowing
an out-of-the-seat, zero-gravity experience and offering astounding
views of the planet from the black sky of space for tourist
astronauts and a unique microgravity platform for researchers. The
VSS Enterprise and VMS Eve test flight program is well under way,
leading to Virgin Galactic commercial operations, which will be
based at Spaceport America in New
Mexico.
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SOURCE Quantum3D, Inc.