Simulation-based Training and Exploration of real-time Engineering Processes

Web-Based training systems offer enhanced functionality for cooperative courseware production and management. Nevertheless, these system approaches are mostly dedicated to distributed information presentation and interaction exploring the potentials of current Internet/WWW technologies (e.g. JAVA, HTML, VRML). In this article a simulation-based training application is introduced, which offers extended functionality for dynamic, real-time exploration of engineering processes. The runtime infrastructure is based on HLA/RTI while clients are based on Qt as well as on the JAVA development kit. This article describes an ongoing research project at the Computer Graphics Center (ZGDV) in collaboration with small medium enterprises in the Maritime and Engineering field.