CASE STUDY: STRONGWATCH FREEDOM ON THE MOVE

Freedom on-the-move(FOTM) is a mobile video surveillance system (MVSS) manufactured by Strongwatch corporation. It finds the application by the military, law enforcement, and border security agencies. It can be used for force protection, counter sniper, anti-ambush, covert surveillance, law enforcement, drug interdiction, port perimeter security and so on.

The FOTM of the Strongwatch corporation is used by the Homeland Security of the US government. The company had issues to market the FOTM system. The issue was that they found it difficult to give demo to clients from far-off places as they were located in Scottsdale, USA. Also they wanted something better than a HD demo video of FOTM system. They wanted the user to experience their prime product with all its look, feel and efficiency. Hence they decided to avail VR simulation which could effectively address all these requirements. They also required from us that we include the features from FOTM into the VR application.

We developed a working simulation and VR experience that imbues complete working functionality of the surveillance system. Our designed system works in such a way that a user can experience the virtual working of an FOTM using Xbox controller on a standard PC in either a fixed or mobile mode along with VR.

• The thermal imaging feature was one of the best features of FOTM. To render that effectively we used the post processing systems of Unity, Shaders and customized it according to the client requirements.
• 3D environmental scene was built using Unity3D terrain set-up and billboards.