HOUSTON, TX, July 25, 2025 - Aviar Technology (https://aviar.tech) completes its first prototype of AviarATC, an immersive virtual reality digital twin of the airspace domain for visualizing air traffic ready to support air traffic control training or operations.
Summary
AviarATC is a dynamic 3D digital twin of the airspace environment that uses WGS84 precision GPS data and barometric elevation data to plot aircraft in 3D space. AviarATC also synchronizes aircraft movement with air traffic control audio. The virtual environment is multi-user and simulates and supports ATC operations not just at the tower level (line-of-sight) but at the TRACON and ARTCC levels as well. Users navigate by walking in room-scale VR or by VR teleportation and can scale their perspective to any elevation. AviarATC models nominal air traffic and also aviation incident recreations such as runway incursions.
AviarATC Delivers
- Enhanced Situational Awareness: Controllers gain an unparalleled spatial understanding of all aircraft movements, runway occupancy, and potential conflicts through intuitive 3D visualization. The ability to freely navigate the virtual space and adjust their scale provides dynamic perspectives crucial for maintaining safety and efficiency during peak operations.
- Multi-Channel Audio Integration: Seamless integration with ATC communication channels allows controllers to simultaneously monitor and interact with various aircraft.
- Advanced Training Capabilities: This immersive platform offers a safe and cost-effective environment for training new controllers and conducting refresher courses for experienced personnel. Trainees can practice handling routine and emergency scenarios, including complex multi-aircraft interactions and coordination with ground control, without the risks and costs associated with live exercises.
- Scenario-Based Training and Evaluation: Instructors can easily create and deploy customized training scenarios, simulating various operational conditions, equipment malfunctions, and emergency situations. Performance can be objectively evaluated through built-in tracking and analysis tools.
- Integration with Existing ATC Systems: AviarATC can integrate existing radar systems, data links, and other relevant information feeds, providing a comprehensive and unified operational picture.
- Improved Collaboration and Coordination: The shared virtual environment can facilitate better communication and coordination between air traffic controllers, ground control, and even remote stakeholders, enhancing overall operational efficiency and safety.
- Adaptability to any Airport: The system's portability and adaptability make it suitable for training and potentially even operational use in varied airfield environments.
Benefits
- Increased Safety: Enhanced situational awareness and realistic scenario training lead to fewer errors and a safer operating environment.
- Improved Efficiency: Optimized traffic flow and quicker decision-making contribute to reduced delays and increased throughput.
- Reduced Training Costs: Virtual training significantly lowers the costs associated with live aircraft exercises and personnel resources.
- Enhanced Training Effectiveness: Immersive learning leads to better knowledge retention and more confident and competent controllers.
- Greater Operational Flexibility: The system can adapt to evolving operational needs and integrate new technologies.
Let Aviar demonstrate how our immersive VR air traffic management system can revolutionize your airfield operations, providing a cutting-edge solution for enhanced safety, efficiency, and training.
Incident Recreation
As a demonstration of AviarATC's incident recreation capability, Aviar has prepared clips of two 2023 runway incursion incidents as rendered in AviarATC:
Both simulations leverage GPS, barometric elevation data and ATC audio obtained from each incident's NTSB docket file set.
In each simulation the investigator, analyst or observer has been placed a few thousand feet above ground (though full user navigation and scaling are available). Transcript "bubbles" appear above each aircraft and above the tower making it easier to understand staticky ATC audio. Note that lighting, visibility and illumination do not reflect the actual environment at the time of the incidents but rather serve to facilitate clarity. In the JFK incident simulation, blue dots indicate the taxi path that AAL106 should have taken but missed. Note also that In the Austin simulation SWA708 appears to “wobble” just before rolling, and the aircraft do not orient themselves in the travel vector. This is due to the ADS-B data set from the NTSB docket lacking the ground track angle data and pitch and roll data. A more complete dataset would resolve this.
Incident 1, 14 January 2023 at KJFK - AAL106 missed the correct taxiway turn and subsequently crossed in front of DAL1943 which was rolling. DAL1943 hard braked to a stop ~1000 ft. short of the crossing. (NTSB Investigation DCA23LA125)
Incident 2, 4 February 2023 at KAUS - SWA708 rolled late and FDX1432 (cleared to land on the same runway) executed a go around. (NTSB Investigation DCA23FA149)
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About Aviar Technology
Aviar Technology was founded in 2017 by James R. Mireles (https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/JamesRMireles/). Aviar builds XR solutions in the B2B and enterprise space for both real-world analogs (training, modeling and simulation), and for data science.
For more information:
James R. Mireles
James.Mireles@Aviar.tech
832-496-0320