About Us

Research roots, maritime partnerships and a long development arc

Vidusayura is a research outcome of the modeling and simulation group of UCSC. The modeling and simulation group was initially formed in 2008 and consists of personnel from UCSC, the Department of Physics of the University of Colombo and the Sri Lanka Navy.

Currently, the modeling and simulation group of UCSC collaboratively carries out various research and development activities with national and international organizations.

The success of this collaborative work is highlighted by 30+ research papers published by the group and numerous national and international awards. According to the UCSC corporate plan 2011/12-2015/16, the modeling and simulation group of UCSC is responsible for several activities that create a collaborative research culture.

Collaborators

Institutions involved in the research effort

University of Colombo School of Computing Virtual Eye National Research Council
University of Colombo School of ComputingDepartment of Physics, University of ColomboSri Lanka Navy

Project team

Members and contributors

A long-running effort with researchers, engineers and maritime partners.

Prof. N. D. Kodikara Dr. Damitha Sandaruwan Prof. Rexy Rosa Rear Admiral Ranjith Senadheera Mr. Kapila Dias Dr. Chamath Keppitiyagama Dr. (Mrs.) Shiromi M.K.D. Arunatilake (2008 to present) Dr. Chandana Perera (Sri Lanka Navy) (2008 to present) Mr. Prabath Samarasinghe (2008 to present) Mr. Uditha Madusanka De Soysa (2009-2012) Mr. Chatura Gunasekara (2010-2012) Mr. Kanchana Manamperi (2010-2012) Mr. Pubudu Ranatunga (2010-2013) Mr. Chethaka Uduwarage (2010-2013) Ms. Maheshya Weerasinghe (2011 to present) Mr. Shazan Jabbar (2011-2013) Ms. Warunika Ranaweera (2011-2013) Ms. Nuduni Gunathilake (2011-2014) Mr. Ruwan Wickramarachchi (2011-2013) Mr. Randika Ariyarathna (2011-2013) Mr. Poshitha Ravinath (2013-2014) Mr. Chamal Perera (2013 to present) Mr. Milan Harindu (2013-2014) Mr. Ayyob Hamsa (2013-2014) Mr. Madura Shelton (2013-2014) Mr. Upul Anuradha (2013-2014) Mr. Buddhika Chandrasiri (2013-2014) Mr. Sanjaya Amarasinghe (2013-2014) Ms. Aruni Nisansala (2014 to present) Mr. Amila Wanninayake (2013-2014) Mr. Nuwan Dammika (2014 to present)

Deployments and technology

Operational use and platform foundation

Vidusayura ship handling simulator has been successfully deployed at the Ocean University of Sri Lanka and it is used for maritime teaching and learning activities. Another forked version of Vidusayura was deployed at naval headquarters, Sri Lanka and it is used for demonstrations.

Vidusayura development was based on the OGRE3D rendering engine. It is a scene-oriented, flexible 3D engine written in C++ designed to make it easier and more intuitive for developers to produce applications utilizing hardware-accelerated 3D graphics.

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