Envision has received praise from the New Jersey School Boards Association for its VR development of several applications used throughout various Votech High Schools in New Jersey including Burlington County Institute of Technology (BCIT). The article can be found here!
Please see the below video produced by BCIT about our forensic crime scene simulator now used in the Law and Public Safety curriculum.
Envision is proud to announce our selection for Phase III of the Virtual Reality (VR) cybersecurity facility for the National Security Agency’s (NSA) schoolhouse known as the National Centers of Academic Excellence-Cybersecurity (NCAE-C). The VR project is funded by a NSA NCAE-C grant through the NIST NICE infrastructure comprised of several colleges across the US including Moraine Valley Community College, Brookdale Community College, Forsyth Technical Community College, Florida State College at Jacksonville, Cal Poly Pomona, Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso, and San Antonio College.
Envision completed phase II last year (2003) which featured student data collection capabilities for instructors and a 2D web version (HTML5) of the cyber facility which mirrors the VR facility. The web and VR applications are now deployed within the NSA NCAE-C Regions Investing in the Next Generation (RING) program which reaches over 400 schools in the US—bringing our cyber facility to the hands of hundreds of thousands of students users.
Envision is proud to announce that they’ve been chosen to develop eight more statues for the Augmented Reality (AR) application, called “Who Are the People?” available on the Apple and Google app stores. These eight statues will be in addition to the six statues currently present on the application. Estimated completion is by the end of 2024.
The current AR application can be downloaded from the Apple App Store or Google Play from the following links:
Army demonstrates power of mixed-reality technology for generator repairs.
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Envision helps the Army demonstrate how mixed-reality technology could revolutionize equipment maintenance and training.
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD., July 21, 2023 – Envision Innovative Solutions, Inc., a provider of custom mixed reality technology solutions and SETA support, is helping the Army realize the benefits of leveraging mixed reality, holographic computing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML) into a comprehensive solution that demonstrates how holographic instruction and predictive maintenance can enhance the operator, maintainer, or trainee’s experience in working with Army generators.
The effort is part of a contract between Envision and the US Army’s Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Envision’s approach keeps costs down by leveraging commercially available electronic equipment, utilizing existing maintenance guidance/data, and using AI and ML to prioritize troubleshooting tips. If the capability is fielded to the soldier, it will enable access to ultra-realistic holographic 3D models and animation, rich multi-media content, and useful predictive data—all overlaid through the user’s wearable mixed reality headset. This eliminates any confusion between textual operating procedures and the user—a significant improvement over the existing method of obtaining maintenance procedure instruction and data. The user would, instead, have all relevant information brought into their headset display while having both of their hands free to train or operate in real-time. The technology has the potential to enable increased productivity of the soldier with a minimal learning curve.
Founded in 2006, Envision has served multiple offices of the Department of Defense for over 15 years, primarily in the fields of systems engineering, complex systems integration, software engineering, and cyber security. In recent years, Envision has become a leading technology developer in the field of extended Reality (XR)—the umbrella technology branding that includes augmented, virtual, and mixed reality. Envision is a minority-owned, Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) with certification in ISO:9001 and appraisals for CMMI Development Level 3, CMMC Level 2, and NIST 800-171 compliance.
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Alexander Cortez, Jr., President/ CEO
(732) 722-7435
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Envision is proud to announce that the US Architect of the Capitol has launched Who Are the People?, an Augmented Reality (AR) application developed by Envision, for the Capitol. Statues in the Capitol collection reflect the history of our country. Download Who Are the People? below (for iOS or Android) and use your phone’s camera to see these statues in 3D with AR.
Engage with interactive content to learn about these individuals and the artists who commemorated them. See Helen Keller, King Kamehameha, Jack Swigert, Sojourner Truth, Sarah Winnemucca, and the Statue of Freedom in a new way!
Inside the app, users can resize, rotate, and walk around each statue to explore the sculpture up close. After completing special activities, users will engage with app “rewards” such as haptic technology that makes mobile phones vibrate or unique multimedia experiences. For example, the activity featuring NASA astronaut John “Jack” Swigert, Jr., includes the actual recording of Swigert’s historic radio message to the control room during the Apollo 13 mission. Users can also learn information about the artists who sculpted each historical figure from the Curator for the Architect of the Capitol. The AR app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store or Google Play from the following links:
“We leveraged cutting-edge photogrammetry, modeling, and eXtended Reality (XR) game engine development technologies to bring you an incredibly real and immersive experience, wherever you’re at,” said Envision Director of Technology, Jonathan Carr.
“Envision’s AR technology immerses users in an interactive experience that tells the stories of diverse American heroes featured at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center,” said Envision President and CEO, Alexander Cortez, Jr. “We see a lot of potential for AR in the tourism industry, particularly for museums where visitors want to learn more about exhibits before, during, and after their trip.”
Envision is proud to announce our selection to develop a Virtual Reality (VR) Simulator for Mercer County Technical School’s Law and Public Safety Program, for use in its forensic science course administered at the MCTS Sypek Center in Pennington, NJ. Up until now, MCTS’s forensic science courses utilized a physical room containing physical props and mannequins to simulate forensic crime scenes. This configuration results in the following issues:
Envision will develop a unique and immersive VR forensic crime scene and a forensic crime lab experience. The VR crime scene will feature rich and complex 360-degree 3D background environment with ultra-realistic color, texturing, lighting, shadowing, and noise.
Envision will implement an innovative menu system of tools for the VR investigator to use such as an in-VR experience camera, a magnifying glass, crime scene tape to measure and cut, proper evidence containers for both wet and dry evidence, measuring devices, ground chalk, headlamp, gloves, cast trays, casting material, and other “red herring” distractions. The user will access this tool menu using innovative VR info panels. The VR experience will be 6 Degrees of Freedom (6Dof) which will allow the user to physically walk around within a pre-defined physical barrier space to collect evidence.
Once the user has collected all of the evidence, they will proceed to the VR forensic crime lab. Inside the VR crime lab, the user will be presented with a different set of tools such as ultraviolet fingerprint flashlights, memory card readers, DNA storage bins, and a virtual PC to view the photographs they took while in the VR experience. Students will analyze evidence such as tire skid marks, off-road tire imprints (cast modeling), and then formulate a conclusive automotive make, model, etc. using classroom-taught forensic analysis. All actions of the entire VR forensic simulator experience will be logged and sent to the instructor for post-exercise evaluation.
The VR experience will convey an immersive and realistic forensic crime scene experience for the student trainee. They will be exposed to unsightly gore that they will someday likely encounter at a real forensic crime scene. They will be shut off from outside distraction—keeping them highly focused on their experience and tasking which ultimately will increase knowledge retention and student examination performance.
Envision is proud to announce our selection for Phase II of the Virtual Reality (VR) cybersecurity facility for the National Security Agency’s (NSA) schoolhouse known as the National Centers of Academic Excellence-Cybersecurity (NCAE-C). The VR project is funded by a NSA NCAE-C grant through the NIST NICE infrastructure comprised of several colleges across the US including Moraine Valley Community College, Brookdale Community College, Forsyth Technical Community College, Florida State College at Jacksonville, Cal Poly Pomona, Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso, and San Antonio College.
Envision completed phase I last year (2001) which featured a three floor seven room VR cyber facility with avatars, realistic room roles, and flags for student users to collect. Phase II will feature student data collection capabilities for instructors and a 2D web version (HTML5) of the cyber facility that will mirror the VR facility. The web and VR applications will be deployed within the NSA NCAE-C Regions Investing in the Next Generation (RING) program which will reach over 400 schools in the US—bringing our cyber facility to the hands of tens of thousands of students.
The application will offer a realistic immersive experience for students interested in entering the STEM field of cybersecurity. Users will explore room-by-room to discover employee roles, educational pathways, and flags hidden throughout the facility—which better prepare students what to expect when they graduate with a cybersecurity focus and enter the workforce. Envision is very excited about the future of this project.
Extended Reality (XR) technology developer creates interactive forensic science simulator.
NEW JERSEY – Sept 9, 2021 – Envision Innovative Solutions is proud to announce the release of Forensic EduSim™, the Virtual Reality (VR) forensic crime scene investigation simulator, on the STEAM store. This is our initial beta deployment of the platform and features simulation only without narrative, mainly for supplemental classroom use. The Forensic EduSim™ platform can be customized and expanded to meet the specific requirements of a forensic science curriculum in K-12 or college levels of education, in addition to law enforcement organizations.
Forensic EduSim™ allows for VR users to conduct ultra-realistic crime scene investigation simulation and then enter a forensic crime lab to review collected evidence. Official forensic investigation practices and evidence collection containers are used to optimize the educational training aspect of the application. Evidence collection, including in-VR photography, is logged for post-experience reporting. This is beneficial for students and instructors to utilize for performance assessment.
Traditional forensic crime scene simulation is limited by lack of environmental immersion, lack of adequate props, and unrealistic mannequin-based flesh wounds. While conveying the proper process of crime scene investigation, it simply does not offer the needed realism and shock factor that an investigator might experience at a forensic crime scene. The student is often limited to a single unrealistic school room area that remains static and suffers from bottlenecked availability.
Forensic EduSim™ resolves these issues by creating ultra-realistic graphics and textured environments, customizable props, and realistic flesh wounds as forensic crime investigators would experience in real life. We also feature realistic audible distractions within the experience to mimic real-world conditions. The high-end graphics of our crime scene environments and props holds the students attention and makes for a more memorable and knowledge-retentive experience-allowing the student to apply their learning experience to the real world more efficiently.
About Envision Innovative Solutions
Established in 2006, Envision Innovative Solutions is a leading technology developer in the field of eXtended Reality (XR)—the umbrella technology branding that includes augmented, virtual, and mixed reality. Other Envision extended reality clients include Fortune-100 energy corporations and educational institutions, including K-12 and higher education. Envision XR is highly focused on immersive training and education, simulation, and real-time learning. For nearly two decades, Envision has been an industry leader in software development, systems engineering and integration, and managed IT services for the U.S. Departments of Defense and Interior. Additionally, Envision offers remote virtual education and tutoring services, including XR, to help combat the educational sector loss of in-person learning and hands-on lab exercises due to COVID-19 circumstances and closures. Learn more about Envision’s extended reality technology at envision-is.com/xr.
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CONTACT
Envision Innovative Solutions, Inc.
Jonathan Carr, Research and Development
(732) 722-7435
jonathan.carr@envision-is.com
Extended reality technology developer will create interactive experience for the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
WASHINGTON – Dec. 1, 2020 – The U.S. Architect of the Capitol selected Envision Innovative Solutions, Inc., to create interactive, media-rich, and immersive user experiences for eight statues in the Capitol Visitor Center. Envision will bring the statues to life, including the 15,000-pound plaster model of the Statue of Freedom, using Augmented Reality (AR) that overlays objects with 3D graphics, animation, data, and other media, when using a smartphone, tablet, or wearable device. Public release of the application is expected in Summer 2021.
Visitors who want to experience the AR technology inside the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center only need an Apple or Android mobile device to access the app that Envision will develop. Interactions through the app will be triggered by recognizing real-world items through the rear-facing cameras of mobile devices. Such technology allows users to observe animation about the lives, legacies, and meanings of each statue in Emancipation Hall—providing an educational experience for students, friends, and family.
“We are delighted to have won the U.S. Architect of the Capitol contract to enhance the visitor experience at the Capitol Visitor Center,” said Envision President and CEO, Alexander Cortez, Jr. “Envision’s AR technology will give visitors the ability to interact with historical exhibits in a way that would be impossible in the purely physical world.”
About Envision Innovative Solutions
Established in 2006, Envision Innovative Solutions is a leading technology developer in the field of eXtended Reality (XR)—the umbrella technology branding that includes augmented, virtual, and mixed reality. Other Envision extended reality clients include Fortune-100 energy corporations and educational institutions, including K-12 and higher education. Envision XR is highly focused on immersive training and education, simulation, and real-time learning. For nearly two decades, Envision has been an industry leader in software development, systems engineering and integration, and managed IT services for the U.S. Departments of Defense and Interior. Additionally, Envision offers remote virtual education and tutoring services, including XR, to help combat the educational sector loss of in-person learning and hands-on lab exercises due to COVID-19 circumstances and closures. Learn more about Envision’s extended reality technology at envision-is.com/xr.
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CONTACT
Envision Innovative Solutions, Inc.
Jonathan Carr, Research and Development
(732) 722-7435
jonathan.carr@envision-is.com
Envision is proud to announce our selection to develop a Virtual Reality (VR) cybersecurity facility for the National Security Agency’s (NSA) schoolhouse known as the National Centers of Academic Excellence-Cybersecurity (NCAE-C). The VR application will be deployed within the NSA NCAE-C Regions Investing in the Next Generation (RING) program which will reach over 400 schools in the US.
The VR project will be funded by a NSA NCAE-C RING grant, through Moraine Valley Community College. It will feature an ultra-realistic cyber security facility comprised of seven special purpose rooms spread over three floors. The application will offer a realistic immersive experience for students interested in entering the field of cybersecurity. Users will explore room-by-room to discover employee roles, educational pathways, and flags hidden throughout the facility—which better prepare students what to expect when they graduate with a cybersecurity focus and enter the workforce.
