Video above is from Norwegian television evening news, and the segment is about how the Norwegian Maritime Administration’s Pilot division use our Morild Ship & Bridge VR simulator to train and prepare for different types of challenging operations.
The feedback from the pilots is that the VR simulator is very realistic and immersive, and that it is a valuable tool in their training.
Together with Awesome Technologies we have worked with the Healthy Seas Foundation to create a state of the art VR experience to bring awareness and enthusiasm to their cause.
The VR experience takes you on a typical diving mission, where the goal is to cleanup ghost nets from the ocean - which are responsible for the needless death of marine animals. These nets are recycled and used to create valuable products.
The photos above are from an event in Greece last week, where children got to try the VR experience for the first time.
The VR experience will be featured in events and at venues around the world, translated into multiple languages.
We just wanted to post a short video showing the latest version of our ship & bridge VR simulator. First part of the video shows the scenarion builder, and the second part shows operational bridge handling in Virtual Reality (VR).
The conning application has now been redesigned in accordance with the Open Bridge standard. We are also working to redesign our ECDIS and ARPA Radar to this standard. Our ECDIS now features Primar ENC charts, with world wide coverage.
In the video above, you can also see a brand new geo-specific location available in our simulator, Auckland - New Zealand.
Today our company’s focus is VR training simulators, but we are very proud of our heritage from 3D visualization for the maritime industry. This background has given us experience which enables us to make simulators with the highest visual fidelity achievable with todays technology. We have also gained comprehensive insight and understanding of every aspect of the industry.
Everything started in 2000, with the transition from 2D to 3D. Before this time, airbrush illustrations and physically slicing expensive equipment to reveil the interior mechanisms - was the norm. With 3D visualization and animation, companies could demonstrate the benefits and functionality of their products and solutions. Today our customers demonstrate this in our simulators.
The slideshow above show a few samples of what we have delivered over the years.
Together with our partner Seaonics we developed and delivered a traning simulator for Uptime International 23.4m motion compensated gangway.
The Uptime 23.4m gangway is worlds first gangway that have achieved Equinor TRL7 approval for motion compensated gangways(2017). TRL 7 is Statoil’s highest technology readiness level.
The Norwegian science & technology magazine “Teknisk Ukeblad” (TU) published an article about Morild Interaktiv and our solutions.
You can read the article here (requires magazine subscription).
Screencapture simulator, presse play to watch video
Here is a little sneak peak of the new tug vessel in our ship & bridge VR simulator. The tug will have full towing functionality, and the crane will also be fully simulated and operational. In short, our goal is to make all of the vessels in our VR simulator a digital twin of the real world in every aspect. This results in a very flexible and powerful training tool with many possible applications.
We would also like to point out that our simulation models are just as detailed and accurate as the visualization.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Aalesund, Norway.
Today our CEO, Olav-Rasmus Vorren had the pleasure and privilege to guest lecture for students in the master degree programme in simulation and visualization at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). The topic for the lecture was Virtual Reality (VR) training simulators.
We would like to extend our thanks to assistant Professor Arne Styve for the opportunity, and to the students for excellent questions.
We would like to take you back to 2018, when we completed a state of the art 360 dome bridge simulator for our client Rolls-Royce Marine (now Kongsberg Maritime). The simulator was the result of many years of close cooperation between Morild Interaktiv and Rolls-Royce Marine, and was unveiled to their worldwide 50 top executives on 25. September 2018. In a media interview the project was categorized as “a moon landing in the maritime industry”.
The 360 dome simulator features both fore and aft bridge, which can operate on the same -or different vessels. Fore and aft bridge can also operate in the same -or in different scenarios simultaneously - everything controlled from the “Morild Builder” instructor station application.
Below is a list of what Morild Interaktiv delivered to this project:
15+ own vessels
5 geo-specific locations (including New York)
Multiple props, offshore installations and target vessels
Virtual Reality (VR) mode
Instructor station and scenario builder application “Morild Builder”
Custom communication framework
Video projection design for 22 video projectors (together with our partner Warpalizer)
Warp & blend (together with our partner Warpalizer)
Short video from first tests of visualization system during installation
Training instructor from Arcos testing simulator
The Arctic University of Norway (UiT) invited instructors from Arcos training center in Tromsø, Norway to thoroughly test the Morild Lifeboat VR Simulator.
The feedback from all the instructors was that this is the optimal and most comprehensive solution for lifeboat simulator training available.
The simulator features both familiarization and full mission scenario mode. The solution is portable, enabling on-site training anywhere in the world, even onboard vessels.
Morild lifeboat simulator is used in training courses approved by the Norwegian Maritime Authority.
Find out more about our VR lifeboat simulator by clicking here.
