VR provides almost exact match to real-world defence environments, Aurizn reveals

Led by Dr Jonathan Hedger, senior research scientist at Aurizn, the study created realistic digital models of six infrared cameras by measuring their performance and reproducing it in a simulated environment.

The simulated cameras closely matched the real cameras, with less than a 1 per cent difference in some cases.

This indicates that defence simulations are not only an important way to measure and track training success but are highly similar to real battlefield environments, giving Defence personnel trust in their training.

“In Defence, that trust has to be underpinned by evidence,” Dr Hedger told Defence Connect.

“Our findings show that virtual sensors can accurately reproduce real-world behaviour, helping build the confidence needed to safely adopt AI-enabled modelling and simulation in mission-critical environments.”

The company suggests that conflict in the Middle East, tension in the Indo-Pacific and a wider “time of heightened global instability” contribute to the value and importance of simulated technology for warfighters to prepare as adequately and safely as possible.

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“This level of fidelity is critical as defence organisations increasingly rely on modelling and simulation to develop and test new capabilities,” the company said in a statement.

“These conditions are driving urgent demand for faster capability development, improved situational awareness, and more adaptable defence systems across Australia, the United States and allied nations.

“This research demonstrates that modern, physics-based simulation tools can closely match real-world sensor behaviour, providing the confidence needed to use them in critical decision making.”

Aurizn also said that simulation technology is a cost effective approach to the resource-heavy requirements it takes to test mission systems in real life.