We’ve been working on a new MuVIT throttle design for the laptop MuVIT simulator in between all the other activities. We wanted something recognizable as a throttle that has similar physical characteristics to what we are all familiar with. We did briefly consider using one of the commercial electronic throttle units like those produced by…
The tablet is at the heart of the new MuVIT platform. Those who have a VRInsight console can continue to use that as we’ve documented. We’ve selected the 8.7″ Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite, which we will be offering when our store opens after the Annual Meeting in February. It will look very similar to…
Introduction Numerous interactive simulators exist which can be used to provide a learning environment for students which allows them to consider, evaluate and solve real-life scenarios they might face. The use of simulators is rapidly being recognized and integrated into many educational settings. In this article we will address boating simulation and how it can…
This past week we were able to integrate the Virtual Sailor software with the BSVT platform successfully. For those who were not at this year’s Governing Board meeting, this is one of our significant milestones. We had been working on this for a couple of months since we got a full BSVT unit to work…
Vessels We took some time today to update the Addons page. The vessels run the gamut from small pleasure craft to collections of large craft including military ships, an eclectic mix. Even if you don’t use these in classes or demonstrations the large ships are fun to play with and see how they handle. Additionally,…
When installing Virtual Sailor NG it is possible you will get the following message, particularly if you’ve never had any gaming software on your computer: In all likelihood reinstalling won’t help because if you don’t have DirectX installed it probably still isn’t there. But fear not, there is an easy fix for this problem. Before…
We have received a report of windows blocking the installation of Virtual Sailor NG. Some anti-malware software such as the Windows Defender, which is very good but it has its own quirks, may erroneously flag Virtual Sailor NG as malicious or unknown software. This does not mean that the software is infected or malicious. In…
MuVIT acquires Coast Guard funding
It’s been a little while since our last update but it doesn’t mean nothing has been going on, quite the opposite. We’ve been heads down on working on MuVIT and an associated project so I’ll take a few minutes to give you an update. We’re redesigning a throttle set for MuVIT, it needs to be…
I’ve been working with the Florida scenery addon from Robs VSF Addons lately. This scenery is truly the work of someone who loves what they do. It covers the entire state and out to Bermuda. The key feature is the large number of ATONS both dayboards and buoys. While it isn’t perfect, it is undoubtedly…
We strive to provide a flexible and consistent operational platform for MuVIT. To that end, we have been testing additional wheels with MuVIT as the Logitech Wingman is a reasonably old product dating back to 2000. It is still functional and works well as a helm wheel. We also considered that there could be inventories…
We found there is an issue with the VRInsight console and the wheel sometimes not being detected by Virtual Sailor and being able to load the profiles for those devices. After a lot of testing, it was determined that if you wait until the computer is booted it is likely to have issues detecting those…
I put together a YouTube video to show some of the more interesting features and capabilities of the Virtual Sailor software used by the MuVIT platform. This will demonstrate just how flexible and extendable this package is and some of the advanced capabilities built into the basic package. More tutorials to follow.
We put together a brief tutorial about how to configure the Virtual Sailor NG software to work with the VRInsight console. We know that quite a few systems are out there that use this hardware and rather than causing an obsolescence issue with that rather expensive piece of hardware with the new software, here are…
We’re back from the Annual Meeting and starting a new MuVIT blog. MuVIT has retired the ShipSim software after numerous issues and has now migrated to Virtual Sailor NG, a much more advanced platform with more features and capabilities. Among the new tools is a RADAR simulation which several people noted had sufficient capabilities built…
