VT MÄK, (MÄK), a company of Vision Technologies Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), today announced that it has released an update to the MÄK suite of applications and development tools, including significant improvements to VR-Forces, VR-Vantage, SensorFX, VR-Link, the MÄK RTI, and the MÄK Data Logger. These innovations demonstrate MÄK’s commitment to their customers’ long term success in the competitive modeling, simulation & training market. Notably, with the MÄK suite of simulation products, customers are provided top-notch stand-alone capabilities, which work even better together as components of an integrated system.

VR-Forces 4.4 brings new features and functionality to MÄK’s comprehensive simulation product. New simulation models and controls allow users to model a sensor’s gimbal so sensor missions have full control of where the sensors are pointing, along with a 3D view from the vantage point of the sensor; airspace management with volumetric flight corridors; suppressive fire where entities react to being fired upon; and weapon aiming to increase the fidelity of human character simulation. Even easier to use: Object Groups speed up placement of inter-relating entities; Quick Launch Toolbar allows users to configure trigger buttons; embarkation is made simpler as has the user interface, and the way VR-Forces connects to the simulation network. More ways to visualize simulations in progress: entities show the task they are executing and the route they have calculated; arrows are used to indicate when sensors make contact with other entities. More types of terrain databases: DB can now be used as imagery and elevation inputs to MÄK’s streaming terrain; a module is available to support Bionatics’ Blueberry 3D terrain; and airplanes can take off and land on procedurally generated airports anywhere in the world.