Automotive simulation company, VI-grade, has announced a partnership with Mcity, the University of Michigan’s hub for advanced mobility research.
A crucial component of this collaboration involves VI-grade’s Compact Simulator, which enables users to test models in real-time while also providing a subjective experience. Equipped with VI-grade’s software stack, including VI-WorldSim, the simulator will empower Mcity’s research teams to conduct in-depth, human-centred studies of autonomous, safety, and connected technologies. Mcity expects the technology will enhance its research capabilities, and it will be used to develop and test specific control algorithms, and introduce students to driving simulator technologies.
“This simulator will open up new opportunities for our researchers to gain invaluable insights into vehicle behaviour and performance. Unlike conventional desktop simulations, the Compact Simulator provides a first-person experiential perspective, allowing researchers to directly engage with the model and perceive its dynamics,” stated Mcity research director, Greg Stevens.
As well as the commercial benefit of providing a simulator to Mcity, the order also means VI-grade becomes a member of Mcity, a public-private research partnership that brings together industry, government and academia with the aim of helping make transportation safer, cleaner, more equitable and more accessible.
