Deck operations simulation demonstrates how Eye-Sys can be controlled from an external application via COM.

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Overview

This visualization shows the USS Lincoln (CVN-72) on the ocean, with three F/A-18 aircraft on the deck. A simple external application controls some of the carrier operations, including taxiing one F/A-18 around on the deck and launching another. There are numerous cameras in the scene, each showing an item of interest (chase cameras for the taxiing and launching aircraft, a view from the bridge, free navigation cameras, etc) and graphical details like steam venting from the aircraft catapult and sunlight glints on the ocean surface.

The external application, a simple dialog-based application written in C#, establishes a connection with Eye-Sys, queries information, and sends commands, all through a COM interface that Eye-Sys exposes for this purpose.

The aircraft carrier and aircraft models were purchased from an on-line model store and dropped directly into the visualization.

Notes

• The ocean in the scene is rendered by the Ocean object, one of the more complex display objects available in Eye-Sys.
  
  
• Eye-Sys particle system objects are used to render the steam venting from the aircraft catapult. The same types of objects are used to render the exhaust from the launching F/A-18.
  
  
• The carrier and each of the three F/A-18 models are all loaded and rendered by the 3D Model object. Each model is composed of over 90,000 triangles.