Lockheed Martin: "VR and XR are critical for the next generation of trainers"

Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company who develops Prepar3D, a visual simulation platform that allows users to create training scenarios across aviation, maritime, and ground domains.

Varjo is proud to be working with Lockheed Martin and the Prepar3D team to enable the most demanding training and simulation scenarios that require the highest-fidelity immersive displays.

The newly-released Prepar3D v5 supports Varjo virtual and mixed reality and brings essential new capabilities and features to solve today’s emerging virtual and mixed reality training needs. This opens up an incredible range of new training applications where the real and synthetically generated worlds blend seamlessly to create compelling training solutions.

For details, see the latest release notes on the Prepar3D website.

We interviewed Kyle Myers, Software Engineering Manager at Prepar3D, about the benefits of training solutions using Varjo’s headsets and Prepar3D:

“With the advent of the virtual reality technologies, we are always trying to find ways to integrate with the latest and greatest tech into our software. Virtual reality and mixed reality are going to be critical for our next generation of trainers,” Myers said.

With virtual reality, one of the key challenges is having the trainees interact with the cockpit when they can’t see what’s around them.

“If the visual acuity of the virtual environment is not good enough, that impacts the training and ultimately is a negative experience,” he said.

The human-eye resolution visual fidelity (over 60 pixels per degree) available in Varjo’s headsets solves these critical problems, making VR/XR training using Prepar3D-based simulations more realistic than ever. With Varjo, trainees can explore even the smallest details in the immersive environment and see objects at realistic visibility ranges.

“When we use headsets such as Varjo, where the resolution of the headset is much sharper and much closer to human-eye resolution, the experience is much more natural. Using VR technologies such as Varjo allows us to create a training experience with a wide field of view, without having the overhead of a large dome or multiple LCD screens.”

Lockheed Martin Prepar3D supports Varjo virtual and mixed reality.

To deep dive into the possibilities that VR and XR technology can bring to pilot training and flight simulation, download our complimentary in-depth e-book guide.

Varjo headsets are the world’s only professional-grade VR and XR headsets, designed from top to bottom to allow training and simulation professionals to work on projects where extreme precision and visual fidelity are needed.

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