I/ITSEC 2012: CAE develops new synthetic environment
CAE used the I/ITSEC conference in Orlando, Florida, to launch its new Dynamic Synthetic Environment (DSE).
The 'seamless and integrated’ DSE is designed to create a virtual synthetic environment that simulates the world more accurately, realistically and to make it more up to date.
The DSE combines an architecture based on the shared, public common database (CDB) architecture specification, content creation software tools from both Presagis and CAE, core DSE simulation software, and DSE-enabled products such as image generators and computer-generated forces software.
Speaking to Shephard on 4 December, David Graham, director of technology application at CAE Integrated Enterprise Solutions,
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