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Virtual Test Drive has been used to simulate driving applications for 20 years in the automotive industry worldwide
VTD is the world's most widely used open platform to create, configure, and animate virtual environments and scenarios for training, testing, and validation of ADAS and Autonomous Vehicles.
VTD provides a modular toolset for road network creation, scenario definition, vehicle dynamics, traffic and sound simulation. It also assists with simulation control, image generation, and sensor perception to create a simple digital reality for complex driving scenarios.
The benefits of using VTD include:
Benefits And Features
VTD seamlessly accelerates the deployment of ADAS and AD.
City Lights to Country Nights
VTD and its peripheral tools let you generate high-quality simple highway ramp scenarios to complex city traffic with 200+ participants, that are OpenX standards compliant.
Advanced Sensing for ADAS
Experience accurate sensor models for camera, lidar, and radar, all of which are customizable via SDK to accommodate specific requirements
Seamless Integration for Immersive Virtual Environments
VTD seamlessly integrates with any test platform, including SIL, DIL, HIL, and VIL. Extensive libraries of 3D models and country-specific road furniture are available
Training and Resources
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Virtual Test Drive has been used to simulate driving applications for 20 years in the automotive industry worldwide
VTD is the world's most widely used open platform to create, configure, and animate virtual environments and scenarios for training, testing, and validation of ADAS and Autonomous Vehicles.
VTD provides a modular toolset for road network creation, scenario definition, vehicle dynamics, traffic and sound simulation. It also assists with simulation control, image generation, and sensor perception to create a simple digital reality for complex driving scenarios.
The benefits of using VTD include:
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Frequently Asked Questions
A user can purchase predefined road network tiles, called RoadDesigner (ROD) tiles, to build a city, highway ramp, parking garage, etc.
Please take a look at the ROD catalogue. They are predefined by country, types of areas, and their subtypes.
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