Image Space Incorporated (ISI) ha annunciato la collaborazione con varie aziende del settore automotive per lo sviluppo delle vetture a guida autonoma. Il lavoro sarà effettuato utilizzando il già noto rFPro, il simulatore professionale dell'azienda americana che, pur essendo profondamente diverso dalle versioni commerciali rFactor ed rFactor 2 (peraltro cedute allo Studio 397), utilizza i collaudatissimi engine ISIMotor (per la fisica) e gMotor (per la grafica).
Gjon Camaj ha spiegato in proposito:"Over the last ten years we've dedicated our team to producing realistic and verifiable, rather than cinematic, simulation. That focus really paid off with the emergence of the Autonomous Driving simulation market. Our overall simulation architecture and graphics engine delivers, out of the box, the tools and techniques that are required for Deep Learning based perception systems driven by camera, LiDAR and radar feeds."
Chris Hoyle, direttore tecnico di rFPro ha aggiunto: "Vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers are increasing their investment in the development of ADAS and autonomous systems, that places the emphasis on the development and validation of Deep Learning systems for both Perception, using cameras, radar and LiDAR to detect the environment, and Prediction, to plan a path through the road ahead, allowing for traffic, pedestrians, road signals and hazards.
The combination of technologies from rFpro and ISI is so much greater than the sum of the two parts as it allows us to substantially accelerate our R&D, rFpro has one core focus: driving simulation, and, by investing in our R&D capability, we hope to keep ahead of the curve on the demand for new capabilities from our customers in Deep Learning Autonomous Driving, ADAS and Vehicle Dynamics. The deal also secures our access to key technology, essential to producing realistic simulation for perception systems."
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ISI ha inoltre annunciato la realizzazione per rFPro della versione laser scan del circuito di Sepang, che possiamo ammirare nel video qui sotto.
