Zhou, B., Blum, J., and Eskandarian, A. (2005) “Virtual Reality Visualization of Microscopic Traffic Simulations”, Washington, DC: 84th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, CD-ROM.

Abstract: Traditional microscopic traffic simulations visualize simulation results in two dimensions. Visualization in three dimensions provides additional versatility to these simulations, allowing the utilization of their results for additional purposes. This paper presents an approach to visualize CORSIM simulations in 3D using a PC-based Virtual Reality package. The key to this approach is translation of the network geometry and traffic data, which is done by a specially designed middleware program. A practical simulation problem is presented to demonstrate the visualization procedure and its assessment. Potential improvements over the current work are discussed.