Expanding simulations with XR

Maritime concepts increasingly rely on complex operations performed in challenging environmental conditions. Yet critical decisions about both the design of vessels and the definition of operational procedures are often made long before crews can realistically experience how a vessel will behave at sea.
To reduce this gap, MARIN’s Maritime eXperience Lab (MX Lab) combines hydrodynamic simulation with immersive eXtended Reality (XR) technologies, allowing engineers and operators to evaluate operational concepts before construction begins.
At MARIN’s Seven Oceans Simulator centre, real-time manoeuvring simulations have long been used to evaluate vessel handling under site-specific environmental conditions. Experienced captains operate full-mission bridge simulators, while instructors and engineers evaluate controllability, power margins, and interactions with surrounding infrastructure.