Lockheed Martin has posted a YouTube video (Shown above) of their VRSIL, Virtual Reality Systems Integration Lab, that allows product testing in virtual environments with coupled simulation and visualization.
Lockheed Martin’s Virtual Reality Systems Integration Lab (VRSIL) can rapidly perform product testing in custom, realistic virtual environments, saving development costs by improving product prototypes on the spot and quickly progressing to new testing phases, ultimately improving the affordability of the system.
The VRSILs unique capabilities include models and simulation systems, real-time visualizations, human-in-the-loop/human factor experiments, and post-processed visuals for analysis and marketing.
It’s difficult to tell what, if anything, in the video actually comes from the VRSIL and isn’t just conceptual 3dsMax renderings (I love the firing soldier with “Animation Test” plastered vertically on the left side), but the idea is interesting.