Ash Warne Dynisma

Ash Warne Dynisma

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00:00Hi, I'm Ash Warrn, I'm the CEO here at Denizma.

00:14So at Denizma, we develop and manufacture professional driving simulators.

00:19These are machines that simulate the real driving experience.

00:23So our customers include automotive companies and motorsport teams.

00:28So our customers use the simulators in the case of automotive companies in order to virtualize

00:34the development of their products.

00:36And this allows them to test things in the simulator that they would otherwise have to

00:40build prototype cars for.

00:42This saves them a huge amount of money and time so they can get products to market faster.

00:47In the case of motorsport teams, the teams use the driving simulator in order to prepare

00:53for races and to develop the race car to stay ahead of the competition.

00:57So mixed reality and virtual reality can be used in driving simulators to replace otherwise

01:03large and expensive projector and LED wall systems.

01:07So this technology is improving all the time.

01:09We're just at about a tipping point where this is becoming a serious consideration in

01:14high-end professional driving simulators.

01:16It's already used massively in sim racing, for example.

01:20But right now we're getting to the point where head-mounted displays have high enough resolution,

01:26high enough frame rate, and almost light enough so that you can wear them for extended

01:31periods of time and basically take advantage of the other benefits that head-mounted displays

01:37have such as increased immersion because you have true stereoscopic vision where you're

01:43able to sense depth perception because you have a different view from one eye to the

01:47other.

01:48And you can also see parallax, which means, for example, in a racing scenario, you can

01:52look either side of the tire and see where the curb is, which racing drivers find really

01:57important.

01:59So I think we're still probably two or three years away from head-mounted displays being

02:06used widely in preference over projectors and LED walls.

02:11Honestly, I think there will always be a space for all three.

02:14And different use cases, different users have different preferences with regard to whether

02:20or not they favor real high brightness, resolution, frame rate, or comfort.

02:25So in automotive today, there are use cases where head-mounted displays are the only choice.

02:31For example, if you want to evaluate changing the dash quickly, then you can do this in

02:37augmented reality by just changing a CAD model, and then you'll still be able to see your

02:42real hands on the steering wheel, but you can quickly change the interior of the car

02:46as well as what's going on outside.