Did you hear? VR-TheWorld 4.6 has arrived! Here are the highlights...

By Brian Spaulding, MAK's Terrain Expert

Drumroll please...with November comes the latest VR-TheWorld release: version 4.6! You can see the list of all the new features in the latest Release Notes, but we'll focus on two important additions in this article:

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.

Simulation and Reality: Revisiting IITSEC with Newfound Expertise and Mild Trepidation  

by Tim Collins, North American Sales

Every year at the tail end of November and very beginning of December, just as most of the country begins its consumerist pilgrimage toward the nearest mall, a very different migration happens in the world of training and simulation. This migration takes place not to crowded sales racks or the fluorescent-lit aisles of Target or Best Buy, but to the many hotels that line either side of International Boulevard and eventually, to the sprawling exhibition halls of the West Concourse within the Orange County Convention Center, home of I/ITSEC. 

Adding Non-kinetic Models to VR-Forces

by Pete Swan, Director of International Business

It was my great privilege and pleasure to present at the recent NATO CA2X2 Forum in Rome.

My presentation was about a proof of concept that MAK’s Principal Engineer, Dr. Doug Reece, recently conducted to investigate whether VR-Forces could be used to create non-kinetic models and integrate them into a kinetic simulation environment.