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Achievements

Award-winning research with public impact

Vidusayura has been recognized through national and international awards, public deployments and research publications across maritime simulation and virtual training.

30+ research publications
2 major deployments
4+ award recognitions
2008 project start year
APICTA 2010 merit award

APICTA 2010 merit award

Vidusayura won the merit award at the Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards held in Kuala Lumpur.

e-Swabhimani 2009

e-Swabhimani 2009

National Best e-Content award recognition for the platform.

NBQSA gold award

NBQSA gold award

Gold award under the Education and Training category at NBQSA 2010.

NBQSA gold follow-up

NBQSA gold follow-up

A second award from the same recognition ceremony.

Public demonstrations

Showcased in the field

The simulator has been demonstrated at the opening of new pilot stations, at harbor-related exhibitions and in control-room style deployments for Navy and university audiences.

  • Colombo South Harbour pilot station demonstration
  • Naval Headquarters deployment and bridge view simulator
  • Ocean University bridge construction and installation

Selected publications

Conference proceedings, journal articles, book chapters

  • Sandaruwan, D., Kodikara, N., Keppitiyagama, C., and Rosa, R. (2009) Real-time ShipMotion Prediction System. Computer Games Multimedia and Allied Technology 09 (CGAT 09), Singapore. ISBN: 978-971-08-3165-3. Page 329.
  • Sandaruwan, D., Kodikara, N., Keppitiyagama, C., Samarasinghe, P., Madusanka, U., Perera, C., and Dias, K. (2009) Virtual Learning and Training Environment for Marine Education. 27th National Information Technology Conference in Sri Lanka. ISBN: 978-955-9155-17-1.
  • Sandaruwan, D., Kodikara, N., Keppitiyagama, C., Samarasinghe, P., Madusanka, U., and Perera, C. (2009) A Ship Simulation System for Marine Education. e-Asia 2009 Conference in Sri Lanka. ISBN: 978-955-9021-90-2. Page 21.
  • Sandaruwan, D., Kodikara, N., Keppitiyagama, C., and Rosa, R. (2010) Perception-Enhanced Virtual Environment for Maritime Applications. Computer Games Multimedia and Allied Technology 2010 (CGAT 2010), Singapore. ISBN: 978-981-085479. Page 35.
  • Sandaruwan, D., Kodikara, N., Keppitiyagama, C., and Rosa, R. (2010) Perception-Enhanced Virtual Environment for Maritime Applications. GSTF International Journal on Computing, 2010, Volume 1. ISSN: 2010-2283. Page 36.
  • Sandaruwan, D., Kodikara, N., Keppitiyagama, C., and Rosa, R. (2010) A Ship Simulation System for Marine. The International Journal on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer), 2010, Vol. 3. ISSN: 1800-4156. Page 34.
  • Gunasekara, C., Rosa, R., Keppitiyagama, C., Sandaruwan, D., U. M. de Soysa, Prabath Samarasinghe, and Chandana Perera. (2010) Spatialized Real-Time Auditory Interface for a Virtual Maritime Application. International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer). ISBN: 978-1-4244-9039-4. Page 5.
  • U. M. de Soysa, N. Kodikara, C. Keppitiyagama, K. Dias, R. Rosa, D. Sandaruwan, P. Samarasinghe, and C. Perera. (2010) Challenges in Developing a Display System for a Ship Handling Simulator. International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer). ISBN: 978-1-4244-9039-4. Page 16.
  • Sandaruwan, D., Kodikara, N., Keppitiyagama, C., and Rosa, R. (2009) Modeling and Simulation of Environmental Disturbances for Real-time Six Degrees-of-Freedom Ocean Surface Vehicle. Sri Lanka Journal of Physics. ISSN: 1391-5880. Vol. 10 (2009), pp. 39-57.
  • Sandaruwan, D., Kodikara, N., Keppitiyagama, C., Rosa, R., Dias, K., and Tilakaratne, C. (2011) "Vidusayura" Low-cost Immersive VR Solution for Maritime Education: Simulation Requirements and Major Development Challenges. Maritime Applications with 3D Computer Graphics (Go-3D 2011), Germany. ISBN: 978-3-8396-0275-1.
  • Sandaruwan, D., Kodikara, N., Keppitiyagama, C., Rosa, R., Dias, K., Senadheera, R., & Manamperi, K. (2012) Low-Cost Immersive VR Solutions for Serious Gaming. In A. Kumar, J. Etheredge, & A. Boudreaux (Eds.), Algorithmic and Architectural Gaming Design: Implementation and Development (pp. 407-429). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-1634-9.ch017.
  • Sandaruwan, D., Kodikara, N., Keppitiyagama, C., and Rosa, R. (2012) User Perception of Physical & Behavioral Realism of a Real-Time VR Environment. UKSim (UKSim) 2012, Cambridge, UK. ISBN: 978-0-7695-4682-7.
  • Gunasekara, C., Uduwarage, C., Keppitiyagama, C., Kodikara, N., Sandaruwan, D., Senadheera, R., and Gunaseela, J. (2012) Low-Cost 3D Immersive Telepresence for Surveillance, Planning, Maneuvering: 3D-COP. Computer Games Multimedia and Allied Technology 2012 (CGAT 2012), Thailand. ISSN: 2251-1679. Pages 12-16.
  • Ranaweera, W., Wickramarachchi, R., Jabbar, S., Weerasinghe, M., Gunathilake, N., Keppitiyagama, C., Sandaruwan, D., and Samarasinghe, P. (2012) Virtual Eye: Reflection of Real-World Motion Changes in a Virtual World with the Use of a Sensor-Based Mobile Viewer. 30th National Information Technology Conference in Sri Lanka. ISBN: 978-955-9155-20-1.
  • Gunasekara, C., Keppitiyagama, C., Kodikara, N., Uduwarage, C., Sandaruwan, D., Senadheera, K. R., and Gunaseela, J. U. (2012) Sensor Information Fusion Architecture for Virtual Maritime Environment. International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer). DOI: 10.1109/ICTer.2012.6422832. Page(s): 62–66.
  • Uduwarage, C., Keppitiyagama, C., Rosa, R., Gunasekara, C., Kodikara, N., and Sandaruwan, D. (2012) Simulating Narrow-Channel Effect on Surge Motion of a Ship in a Virtual Environment. International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer). DOI: 10.1109/ICTer.2012.6422065. Page(s): 51–55.
  • Warunika Ranaweera, Ruwan Wickramarachchi, Shazan Jabbar, Maheshya Weerasinghe, Naduni Gunathilake, Chamath Keppitiyagama, Damitha Sandaruwan, and Prabath Samarasinghe. (2012) Virtual Eye: A Sensor-Based Mobile Viewer to Aid Collaborative Decision Making in Virtual Environments. International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer-2012), Sri Lanka.
  • Warunika Ranaweera, Shazan Jabbar, Ruwan Wickramarachchi, Maheshya Weerasinghe, Naduni Gunathilake, Chamath Keppitiyagama, Damitha Sandaruwan, and Prabath Samarasinghe. (2013) A Lightweight Approach to Simulate a 2D Radar Coverage for Virtual Maritime Environments. 8th International Conference on Computer Science & Education (ICCSE 2013), Sri Lanka.

The project also includes additional journal articles, book chapters, conference papers and press releases covering maritime VR, prediction models and visualization systems.

Selected press releases

Media and news coverage