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Virtual reality training in the realm of automotive is producing real value for manufacturers across the globe. The DiSTI Corporation provides 3D virtual training solutions and develops Virtual Maintenance Training (VMT) for Volvo Cars.

The array of service options now available for combustion and electric vehicles is staggering. Many manufacturers are facing the challenge of keeping their technicians proficient in the latest automotive technology.

Without the need for a physical model, virtual reality is an ongoing training tool that provides opportunities to learn new skills and improve the maintenance and diagnostic process. DiSTI’s VE Studio, a virtual training development platform, builds immersive virtual training programs designed to educate and assess technicians on:

• Vehicle troubleshooting
• EVT (Electric Vehicle Technician) and A-EVT (Advanced-Electric Vehicle Technician) Disassemble & Assembly the high voltage battery
• De-energizing & Energizing the high-voltage battery
• Battery inspection
• IVI Connectivity setup & troubleshooting

The DiSTI Corporation’s VE Studio® enables complex and immersive training applications. The software features allow to rapidly prototype and scale training across an enterprise quickly and cost-effectively.

DiSTI’s 25-year legacy of training solutions now also leverages a complete virtual classroom management system allowing instructors to train students in remote environments. Using DiSTI’s Schoolhouse, a managed virtual training solution, technicians, dealer technicians, and other partners anywhere in the world will now be able to benefit from this cutting-edge training methodology and receive certifications.
Previous studies have shown that training through DiSTI Schoolhouse™ reduced a traditional 3-day instructor-led technical certification course to 9 hours, improving student engagement and knowledge retention rates.

“DiSTI has a proven legacy developing virtual training solutions, especially in the aerospace market. Automotive vehicles have undoubtedly become just as sophisticated as some of the airplanes we’ve built virtual training solutions for,” stated DiSTI CEO John Hayward. “DiSTI is committed to honoring Volvo Cars’ legacy by delivering a premium training experience through intuitive technology for a safer and better experience.”

To learn more about The DiSTI Corporation’s virtual training development and solutions, please get in touch with sales@disti.com

The DiSTI Corporation has just formed a strategic alliance with commercial pilot training pioneers Visionary Training Resources to deliver integrated, end-to-end virtual reality pilot training solutions to their joint enterprise and government customers. The DiSTI Corporation is globally recognized as a world leader in virtual training development solutions, with more than 1000 projects successfully delivered worldwide.

The alliance combines DiSTI’s award-winning virtual training development solutions and Visionary Training Resources’ platform capabilities. Working in conjunction, these two companies will deliver technologically advanced solutions designed to help customers simplify complex pilot training procedures. While increasing student throughput and learning outcomes.

The solution will improve student throughput and learning outcomes while reducing training costs. This approach allows customers to realize the full value of their pilot training initiatives.

“DiSTI’s collaboration on FlightDeckToGo has allowed VTR to develop a best-in-class product,” said VTR COO Jeff Pierce. “Today’s agreement strengthens our commitment to making virtual reality an essential piece of commercial pilot training.”

This strategic alliance agreement follows several successful endeavors between DiSTI and VTR for the innovative FlightDeckToGo solution that allows pilots to train using virtual reality technology from anywhere. The VR-focused solution creates a detailed digital twin of each aircraft’s flight deck. This method enables pilots to interact with switches, dials, and levers to build muscle memory before entering more costly simulator training. Additionally, the solution is entirely portable, deploying on mobile VR headsets like the Pico NEO Pro Eye.

In addition to tracking all virtual interactions, this solution utilizes the eye-tracking technology provided by the VR headset to track visual inspection tasks performed by the student automatically. Students can integrate into any learning management system (LMS) via DiSTI’s Schoolhouse software and train from anywhere. Collection of their recorded results and tracked achievements are saved for future review at their respective training entities.

“Effective digital training demands highly coordinated, strategic, and experienced solutions to realize success,” stated John Hayward, CEO of DiSTI. “Together, DiSTI and VTR will assist clients in achieving their goals of virtual pilot training while building transformational solutions that utilize the most advanced technology possible.”

DiSTI and VTR alliance aim to reduce airlines’ unpredictable availability and costs surrounding training by providing highly standardized pilot training and better preparing pilots for simulator training.

To learn more about The DiSTI Corporation’s virtual training development and solutions, please get in touch with sales@disti.com

The DiSTI Corporation, the global leader in virtual training development, announces the launch of a software update to their flagship development platform, VE Studio. The VE Studio 2022.2 release provides a Universal Render Pipeline update and a new Fidelity Matrix (FM) User Interface Tool. These are in addition to a Message Manager, Training Assistant, and Simulation Engine runtime components integrated into Mobile VR build targets, along with an array of user-requested updates and features.

“VE Studio 2022.2 reflects our continuing innovative efforts to better serve the fast-changing needs of our customers in relation to advancements in technology,” stated VE Studio Program Manager Doug Classe. “Migrating all our runtime components to support Windows Desktop, Wired VR, and Mobile VR was an extensive update. Although the work was significant, our product team has done an outstanding job with this release.”

This latest update to VE Studio has emphasized virtual reality (VR) technology advancements. Both wired and mobile virtual reality now work similarly using the identical prefabricated builds (i.e., prefabs) in VE Studio.

Lessons now only require a single development in VE Studio for deployment to desktop, wired, or wireless virtual reality hardware. This feature gives users the ability to execute desktop lessons on VR hardware. Fully supported in this 2022.2 release are VR hands and laser interactions.

The improvements made to the Fidelity Matrix (FM) user interface tool provide users with a more polished performance. Creating large FM databases, displaying relevant data, and having quick access to upgraded search features is now a more robust endeavor. Customization is the bedrock of VE Studio, and users can now select between light and dark themes, facilitating a better development experience.

The VE Studio 2022.2 update also includes bug fixes to address issues reported by customers. These include:

• • VEMultiState timing values breaking
  • DRDs created from the FM Editor are not properly being generated

As the global leader in virtual training solutions, DiSTI is proud to work hard and continue our commitment to providing a superior software development platform with VE Studio 2022.2

Existing VE Studio customers who would like to inquire about updating their current version of VE Studio, should contact support@disti.com. For individuals seeking to learn more about VE Studio and the solutions provided by DiSTI, please reach out to sales@disti.com

Today, the DiSTI Corporation announced an update to its HMI development tool, GL Studio®. This latest update, GL Studio 8.1, adds ancillary product support (GlsRSOLoader and GlsMapToolkt) for macOS, Best Practice Workflows documentation, an Interface Control Document (ICD) Generator Package, along with support for Visual Studio 2022 and Windows 11.

“More organizations than ever have begun adopting GL Studio. With GL Studio 8.1, we make it easier than ever to learn how to use our HMI software tool by providing the most comprehensive introduction to the key aspects of GL Studio development”, explained DiSTI CEO John Hayward.

With the introduction of macOS support in GL Studio 8.0, this iteration takes it even further with the ancillary GlsRSOLoader and GlsMapToolkit macOS support. Additionally, GL Studio editor is now a universal binary on macOS, further improving the feasibility of developers looking to use GL Studio on macOS.

“The GL Studio 8.1 new features allow seamless integration to macOS platforms with universal binaries and ancillary products, and enables easier onboarding with best practices in an updated customer document site,” stated GL Studio Engineering Manager Linda Flannery. “We remain committed to delivering the exceptional support that our customers have come to expect of GL Studio. The team invested countless hours to ensure that this update reflects customer feedback and requests.”

Aerospace and Automotive industry customers of GL Studio will find the new ICD Generator Package revamps GL Studio’s ICD generation functionality. The new clean and simple graphical user interface (GUI) makes it easier to generate an ICD for a GL Studio design. Users can now easily filter data by type or content by using Wildcard Data Filters. In addition, the output format for a generated ICD is now customizable.

Many improvements to the HMI software tool are included in GL Studio 8.1. Some of these improvements to existing features are:

• Linux texture modulation improvements.
• Objects now copy and paste in the draw order rather than the selected order.
• Deployments will now return an error code if the application crashes.
• GL Studio now supports Windows 11.
• GL Studio now supports Visual Studio 2022.
• Several quality-of-life enhancements, such as the new Isolate Object feature.

Customers under current maintenance and support contracts for GL Studio can log into DiSTI’s customer support portal to download the latest version. For more information on GL Studio, contact us at sales@disti.com.

Visit our GL Studio page to learn more about our safety-critical expertise and the cutting-edge HMI software developed by The DiSTI Corporation.

The DiSTI Corporation, a leading provider of graphical user interface development software and solutions to the aerospace industry, announces the selection of its GL Studio® software by California-based Scaled Composites, LLC after a competitive evaluation of HMI development tools.|

The company chose GL Studio® for its unique ability to support prototyping, training, and the embedded target within a single HMI toolkit. The specialty aerospace and composites development company will use GL Studio’s HMI software tools for research and development projects and within programs focused on HMI display prototyping.

“GL Studio was a key success factor in our avionics development program for our rocket planes,” said Bob Withrow, Vice President of Scaled Composites. Scaled Composites has experience using GL Studio to layout and design avionics displays, improving the display of information with GL Studio generated code to create more capable HMI’s supporting complex flight tests.

Building on this experience, Scaled Composites is looking forward to developing more refined tools for use during flight tests: enabling high accuracy vehicle maneuvering, responsive indicators, and updating current aircraft systems with simpler and easier to maintain solutions via GL Studio®. With a portfolio of unique one-off aircraft, each of Scaled Composites’ vehicles contain a custom avionics solution – GL Studio® will provide the ease and flexibility to develop custom configurations and flight test data for future work.

Scaled Composites will leverage the flexibility and ease of use of GL Studio® to build HMI displays specialized for the unique needs of this industry. Unlike typical avionics displays, spaceflight platforms must be ruggedized and built to endure the extreme conditions in space between radiation and temperature fluctuations. The ability to address the complete lifecycle needs, from prototyping to production, showcases the unique reusability and efficiency offered by GL Studio® development software.

“It’s great to see Scaled Composites once again taking full advantage of GL Studio’s time-saving and innovative development benefits,” said Christopher Giordano, Vice President of UX/UI Technology at The DiSTI Corporation. “Their first GL Studio project, building prototype displays for the follow on to SpaceShipOne took a fraction of the time. The ability to get to market faster saves time and money, which is critical for these complex flight test endeavors.”

As the world’s leading provider of HMI development solutions, GL Studio® is utilized for a wide array of space programs, including simulation and training, rapid prototyping, spacecraft avionics, next-generation spacesuits, and ground telemetry stations.

Visit our space solutions page to discover why DiSTI is a trusted solutions provider for companies specializing in space and beyond. To learn more about our safety-critical expertise and the cutting-edge HMI software developed by The DiSTI Corporation, please contact sales@disti.com.

The DiSTI Corporation unveiled a new corporate logo, reflecting its software expertise and its defined strategy focused on the global future of simulation and training. DiSTI’s new look and feel represent the brand’s commitment to innovation and the company’s role and purpose of developing innovative software solutions for training and production across a wide range of markets.

“DiSTI has transformed dramatically over the past few years, and we have increased business significantly during that time,” explained Dawn Haulter, DiSTI’s Global Brand Director. “DiSTI is a trusted source for software and solutions worldwide. Our brand must reflect and promote our company and the tremendous value we bring. As our company grows, the perception of our brand must evolve at a similar pace.”

As the foremost representation of the company, people, and brand, the new logo is playful, optimistic, and intelligent. The new logo design works effortlessly across digital and physical channels, drawing inspiration from the cursor utilized by software programs. The forms come together subtly to create a ‘D’ letterform from the cursor’s negative space, signifying the company’s software and solution business.

“DiSTI has successfully diversified and scaled its software offerings while broadening our global footprint across six continents,” said John Hayward, CEO of The DiSTI Corporation. “Along with our new website, this updated brand identity better reflects our market-leading position. Demonstrating the comprehensive lifecycle of services, we bring to our clients across the globe.”

Visit our Media & Press Kit page to view DiSTI’s latest style guide, new logo, and variations. To learn more about software and solutions developed by The DiSTI Corporation, please contact sales@disti.com.