Unity3D Serious Game Engine for High Fidelity Virtual Reality Training of Remotely-Operated Vehicle Pilot

Abstract

This paper presents a virtual reality remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) Pilot Simulator using an open source game engine to decrease the development cost and time. The primary element in carrying out underwater missions in a hostile environment lies within the skills and experience of an ROV pilot. Training for ROV pilot is essential to prevent damage to expensive field equipment during the real operations. The proposed simulator differs from the existing simulators in the market is the use of modern game engine software to develop a “serious game” for ROV pilot trainee at much lower cost, mobility and shorter time-to-market. The results revealed that proposed virtual simulator software using Unity3D game engine could develop a high fidelity virtual reality training for the underwater operation.