For my Bachelor’s thesis I developed an airtraffic simulation system in Unity for the ARA-SVO research project. The project aims to evaluate the use of AR technology to assist pilots of eVTOL aircraft.
My simulation system allows for the evaluation of different potential scenarios, by combining real-time airtraffic data from ADSB.lol with procedually generated traffic, that fills the airspace around the eVTOL, or is manually placed in the virtual environment. It simulates the trajectory of aircraft based on parameters (e.g. acceleration, altitude, groundspeed, etc.) and estimates the pose (position and orientation) of the aircraft at discrete datapoints. For smooth replay, the system interpolates between datapoints, when the simulation is running.
With this research we hope to make piloting eVTOL more intuitive and improve safety while speeding up training.