The Visual Simulation Environment Technology Transfer

This paper describes how the Visual Simulation Environment (VSE) technology has been transferred into a commercial product. The VSE has been created under research funding, primarily from the U.S. Navy for over a decade. Orca Computer, Inc., with support from Virginia Tech, Naval Research Laboratory, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, and Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, has been successful in making the VSE technology transfer a reality. VSE is now a commercially available software product which is provided at no cost for use by U.S. Federal Government employees at government sites.

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