Heavy Engineering Building
THE SIMULATION SUITE:
| School/Department | Room | Quantity | Resource | Type |
| CEM | E20 | 1 | VR Headset | Oculus Rift |
| CEM | E20 | 1 | VR Headset | HTC Vive Pro-Eye (coming soon) |
| CEM | E20 | 12 | Computer (+Softwares) | Windows (Login restricted to CEM) |
| CEM | E20 | n/a | Flight Simulator Software | X-Plane 11 (including PlaneMaker – Development Tool) |
| CEM | E20 | 3 | Motion System Platform
(Car and Flight Simulators) |
A) 6 Degree of Freedom (Smallest Size – includes simulator programs like Assetto Corsa, F1 2018 and Dirt 4.) B) 6 Degree of Freedom (Medium size – includes simulator programs like Assetto Corsa and Forza Horizon 4 and runs X-Plane 11) C) The largest one (Similar to B, but with greater weight capacity: 500kg vs 150kg – primarily used for Flight Simulations) |
| CEM | E20 | 1 | 360 Airplane Simulator | This is an actual Cessna aircraft fuselage used as a training tool for flight and navigation simulation (no motion but embedded with a 360 screen) |
| CEM | E20 | 1 | Space Simulator | Equipped with a suite of Softwares, it allows students to design realistic (or otherwise) rockets and simulate missions to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond. |
*For a virtual tour of the Simulation Suite, please click here*
The Oculus Rift, at the moment, can be used on the medium-size 6DOF and the Space Simulator. The Simulation Suite team, however, is gradually arranging sensor mounts on each machine so that the headset can be easily moved from platform to platform as required. They also have plans to purchase the new HTC ViveProEye which will have eye-tracking as well as head/motion tracking along with better resolution screens. So far they have used the Oculus with XPlane, Assetto, and the Space Simulator to increase immersion and there is scope for students to develop their own simulators to use with the motion platforms and headsets.
The suite is primarily a resource for CEM students with an emphasis on Engineering. They have had a couple of modules taught directly using the suite this semester with more coming online next year as the curriculum review progresses. Some students are also looking into using the suite for their final year projects next year. There is certainly scope for students from other schools to have projects involved but this would need permission/agreement/negotiation with Bill Whitney: w.r.whitney@brighton.ac.uk and David Stansbury: d.stansbury@brighton.ac.uk.
The Simulation Suite team is happy for students from other schools to come and try out the simulators. However, it is important that anyone coming for a go talks first to David Rothwell: d.p.rothwell@brighton.ac.uk, or Richard Chambers: r.n.chambers@brighton.ac.uk as they have a small safety briefing that they must deliver before allowing students, or any other member of the staff, access to the machines within the suite.
THE FAB-LAB:
| School/Department | Room | Quantity | Resource | Type |
| S.of Media/ALL | ER13 | 1 | VR Dome Projector (under construction) | Small |
| S.of Media/ALL | ER13 | 1 | Costume-Build VR hyper-spec Computer (+Softwares) |
Asus |
To learn more about the Fab-Lab please click here. Immersive equipment is of the property of Professor Kelly Snook and used for current research and development projects. To learn more about her work please get in touch directly with Kelly.
*Kelly’s current projects: A) Concordia; B) MI.MU Gloves (Haptic Gloves)*
Giulia Tranquillini • April 26, 2019