Virtual Reality Toolbox™ 4.7

Learn more about Virtual Reality Toolbox™ through product demos and online seminars that highlight features or application examples.

Introduction   Getting Started with Virtual Reality Toolbox   This demonstration introduces Virtual Reality Toolbox. You will see how to build a simple virtual scene, how to connect it to a Simulink model, and how to view the results.   MATLAB Examples   Terrain Visualization Demo This demonstration shows how to convert generally available Digital Elevation Models into VRML format for use in virtual reality scenes. A simple pre-created Boeing 747 model is included in the scene to show the technique of creating virtual scenes from several sources on-the-fly. The demonstration also highlights the use of MATLAB interface of Virtual Reality Toolbox.   Simulink Examples   Virtual Reality Toolbox Animations Demo This demo shows several examples that were created with Virtual Reality Toolbox. The examples include: visualization of the difference electronic stability control makes on a car stability; visualization of a lunar landing mission, visualization of an industrial robot; space mouse input to a Simulink model and visualization of a manipulator; and HL-20 spacecraft landing with landing gear collapse.   Plane Take-Off with Trajectory Tracing    This model shows how to trace the trajectory of a moving object (the plane) in the scene. The aircraft model represents the simplified shape of a Jaguar fighter. A marker is dropped at the current position of the traced object in regular time intervals specified by the model. Markers form a visible trace of the object's trajectory.   Plane Take-off with Sound This example shows visualization of a simple plane take-off model. The aircraft model represents a simplified shape of Jaguar fighter. In addition to the example included in the product, in this example there is also sound added. The control tower and fighter jet each emit a different noise. When the user navigates around the virtual world and as the plane takes off, the sound varies accordingly and creates realistic spatial impression.   Animated Demo: Skoda Octavia Driving, Seen at Different Viewpoints This example is described in the article published in the MathWorks News & Notes, February 2002. This example shows the dynamics of a car using a virtual reality interface with a 3D model of the Czech Skoda Octavia car and a virtual model of Pearlblossom Highway in the background. In this example a technique for animating the user viewpoint to track the position of moving objects in the scene is shown.  (Download Source File )   Skid-Steer Parking   This example, presented first at the MATLAB automotive conference in Stuttgart, Germany in May 2000, shows virtual reality representation of a real life situation - parking in a skid. Additionally, it can serve as an example of combining several types of input information to form a complete virtual reality simulation solution.   Inverted Pendulum with Joystick Control This is a variant of the VR inverted pendulum example which allows several methods of setpoint definition input (random, using mouse, using joystick).This model can serve as an example of interactive control of model with joystick as an input device.   Solar System This model represents the dynamics of the inner Solar System (Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth + Moon, Mars). This is a Virtual Reality Toolbox example vrplanets.   Virtual Prototyping: Manipulator with SpaceMouse Control This example shows the use of the Magellan SpaceMouse for manipulating objects in the virtual world. SpaceMouse is supported via the SpaceMouse Input block, which is included in the Virtual Reality Toolbox Simulink library. This is a Virtual Reality Toolbox example vrmanipul.   Vehicle Dynamics Visualization with Video Output   This demonstration shows how to use video output from the Virtual Reality Video Output block. The demo performs a few simple operations on the output video signal. The Video Viewer display then shows the resulting video stream where the image edges are detected. View All Demos Trial Software Available Licensed Users: Download a 15-day trial of most MathWorks products (login required). Don't Have a License? Request trial software and a MathWorks representative will call to get you started.