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Service + Software for Seafloor Mapping

Software / OIC- ROVer’s Eye

Real Time 3D Seafloor Visualization Software

ROVer’s Eye is a PC-based, real-time 3D virtual reality package designed to help remote operated vehicle (ROV) operators navigate the seabed terrain and avoid unseen hazards. ROVer’s Eye renders the sub-sea environment at 30 frames per second using data acquired by onboard sonar sensors during real time operation, or from previously stored data, including terrain overlays, “as-built” features, other vehicles, and self-ship.  Candidate platforms for ROVer’s Eye include ROVs and AUVs, manned or unmanned submersibles, forward looking scanners / sonars and towed devices.

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Visual Support

• Pre-flight 3D path planning allows you to design an onscreen visual flight track with known survey coverage
• Sidescan overlays of the seabed can be added to provide an enhanced image of the ocean floor structure.

3D Real Time Perspective

• User-definable, steerable views include: Virtual (vehicle independent), Egocentric (relative to vehicle), Bird’s Eye (above the vehicle), or Wingman (offset from the vehicle).
• Real-time processing and display of acquired sidescan, forward-look and bathymetric data sets.

Complete Vehicle Display Data

• The ROVer’s Eye GUI provides, in addition to the main 3D view of vehicle position, all vehicle position and attitude real-time data.
• Additional view options include superimposing of a sea surface grid or target markers from GeoDAS or other data source.

Multiple Applications

• ROVer’s Eye can be run as an add-on to our data acquisition program, GeoDAS, or as a stand-alone program for use in data play back or vehicle pilot training.
• Use for vehicle safety in the field, data quality control, and production of data fly through movies.