NoViSim is a Noise and Vibration Simulator created for the Automotive Industry. Its primary function is to provide an immersive environment for the occupants to experience the actual sounds and vibrations they would experience if driving a vehicle in "real life", and to present them in the correct perceptual context.

The simulator allows engineers, and customers, to make assessments of vehicles in a controlled environment. It enables evaluations of vehicles which haven't yet been built, allowing the loop between design and the customer to be closed early in a vehicle programme, before it is too late to make changes.

The NoViSim therefore enables NVH engineers to assess designs at a far earlier stage than has previously been possible, allowing the Brand Image of the vehicle to be "designed in" rather than problem Noise and Vibration engineered out at the end of the programme.

NoViSim is a complete, static vehicle which is positioned in front of a projection screen. It is a "driver-in-loop" system, meaning that the driver's inputs to the vehicle are monitored and used to calculate the vehicle parameters as it is "driven". The software calculates the position and heading of the vehicle and projects images on the screen such that the simulated vehicle is driven though a virtual terrain. The sound and vibration stimuli for the occupants of the vehicle are similarly calculated in real time and presented, calibrated, to the occupant.

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