Virtual Vehicles Manager: a java']java virtual reality environment for distributed multi vehicles dynamics control and simulation

This paper describes a lightweight, full portable software environment for development, simulation and control of vehicles. All the software is developed in java so there are many advantages as portability, multi-threading distribution etc. This environment simulates the vehicles integrating their non-linear differential equation systems. The equation systems can easily be modified changing that representation class so it is easy to manage different vehicles. The scenario is displayed as a 3D virtual reality environment in which all the objects are rendered using a combination of 3d primitive. It is also possible the use of pre-built 3d objects loaded from files in 3ds format. The software also grants efficient communication between two or more entities cooperating using both TCP and UDP protocols.