{"id":2387,"date":"2020-08-25T18:01:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T18:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techclot.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/25\/charles-river-analytics-awarded-epic-megagrant-to-bring-its-virtual-and-augmented-reality\/"},"modified":"2020-08-25T18:01:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T18:01:23","slug":"charles-river-analytics-awarded-epic-megagrant-to-bring-its-virtual-and-augmented-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techclot.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/25\/charles-river-analytics-awarded-epic-megagrant-to-bring-its-virtual-and-augmented-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles River Analytics awarded Epic MegaGrant to bring its Virtual and Augmented Reality &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?rct=j&#038;sa=t&#038;url=https:\/\/www.auganix.org\/charles-river-analytics-awarded-epic-megagrant-to-bring-its-virtual-and-augmented-reality-development-platform-to-unreal-engine\/&#038;ct=ga&#038;cd=CAIyHGQzYWQwNmI0YTFiYjA3MmU6Y28udWs6ZW46R0I&#038;usg=AFQjCNFxwigRCm9HeDTRD5ZoA8UGN-FuZA\">Charles River Analytics awarded Epic MegaGrant to bring its Virtual and Augmented Reality &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techclot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NLE3KA.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe class=\"lazy lazy-hidden youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-lazy-type=\"iframe\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_qJFTzxJioM?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><noscript><iframe class=\"youtube-player lazyload\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_qJFTzxJioM?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><span>In<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.auganix.org\/category\/news\/augmented-reality-news\/\"><b><i>Augmented Reality<\/i><\/b><\/a><span> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.auganix.org\/category\/news\/virtual-reality-news\/\"><b><i>Virtual Reality News<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>August 25, 2020 \u2013<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cra.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charles River Analytics<\/a><\/strong><span> (CRA), a provider of solutions for government programs and commercial clients across a range of markets including defence, intelligence, medical technology, training, transportation, space, and cybersecurity, has today announced that it has received a <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrealengine.com\/en-US\/megagrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MegaGrant<\/a><\/strong><span> from <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrealengine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Epic Games<\/a><\/strong><span> to develop and maintain its \u2018Virtual Interface for Real-Time User Control during Simulated Operations\u2019 (VIRTUOSO) software development kit (VSDK) for Epic Games\u2019 Unreal Engine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>CRA states that the grant will support the extension of its existing virtual and augmented reality (VR\/AR \u2013 collectively XR) toolkit into the Unreal Engine ecosystem. According to the company, its open source VSDK provides a free platform that helps to simplify XR development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOur collaboration with Epic will marry VSDK\u2019s usability with the broad access of Unreal Engine, helping to bring this incredible tool to the developer community,\u201d said Elaine B. Coleman, Ph.D., Vice President of Commercialization at Charles River Analytics. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to break down long-standing XR barriers by dramatically improving ease of use and cross-device interoperability.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The company added that its VSDK helps to eliminate the traditional roadblock of device-specific applications by allowing developers to design and build one application for a range of visualization, input, haptic, and tactile devices, and utilize a single API for interaction across all of these platforms. Originally applied to improve military medical training and education, the tool empowers developers to generate naturalistic interactions with content through its reaction system, providing an intuitive interaction space, according to the company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cVIRTUOSO has been an important part of our research and solutions at Charles River Analytics, providing a next generation interface that streamlines development without sacrificing the quality of the XR outcome,\u201d said Arthur Wollocko, Senior Software Engineer at Charles River Analytics. \u201cThis is a tool created for developers by developers, and we\u2019re confident this addition to Unreal Engine will be embraced as a significant leap forward.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>More information about Charles River Analytics\u2019 VSDK can be found on <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/charles-river-analytics\/VSDK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GitHub<\/a><\/strong><span>. For more information on the company, please visit CRA\u2019s <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cra.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a><\/strong><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><em>Video credit: Charles River Analytics \/ YouTube<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- MOLONGUI AUTHORSHIP PLUGIN 3.2.17 --><!-- https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/product\/authorship --><\/p>\n<div id=\"mab-6207187563\" class=\"molongui-author-box\" data-plugin-release=\"3.2.17\" data-plugin-version=\"premium\" data-box-layout=\"slim\" data-multiauthor=\"false\" data-author-type=\"user\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"> <!-- Author headline --><\/p>\n<div class=\"molongui-author-box-item molongui-author-box-headline\">\n<h3 class=\"molongui-font-size-14-px\nmolongui-text-align-left                                      molongui-text-case-none\"> <span class=\"molongui-author-box-string-headline\">About the author<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"molongui-author-box-container\nmolongui-border-none                molongui-border-style-solid                molongui-border-width-2-px\nmabc-shadow-none\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"molongui-author-box-tab molongui-author-box-content molongui-author-box-profile\" data-profile-layout=\"layout-1\" data-author-ref=\"user-1\"><!-- End of .molongui-author-box-content-top --><\/p>\n<div class=\"molongui-author-box-content-middle\"><!-- Author picture --><!-- Author social --> <!-- Author data --><\/p>\n<div class=\"molongui-author-box-item molongui-author-box-data\"><!-- Author name --><\/p>\n<div class=\"molongui-author-box-title\">\n<h5 class=\"molongui-font-size-14-px\nmolongui-text-align-left                              molongui-text-case-none\" itemprop=\"name\"> <span class=\"molongui-font-size-14-px molongui-text-align-left\"> Sam Sprigg <\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- Author metadata --><!-- End of .molongui-author-box-meta --><!-- Author bio --><\/p>\n<div class=\"molongui-author-box-bio\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<div class=\"molongui-font-size-12-px molongui-text-align-justify  molongui-line-height-13\">\n<p>Sam is the Founder and Managing Editor of Auganix. 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