From games to wargames

A company with its roots in computer gaming now makes imaging software and take-anywhere PC hardware that can go from training facility to battlefield.

Quantum3D is an advanced graphics subsystem company founded in 1997 as a spin-off from consumer graphics chip company 3dfx, which made the Voodoo graphics coprocessor for 3D computer gaming applications. It has gone on to make PC-based modelling solutions, widely used by international military, aerospace and engineering companies for modelling, simulation and training.

Key to Quantum3D’s portfolio is THERMITE, a portable PC-based Tactical Visual Computer (TVC) designed for embedded training, mission rehearsal and battlefield applications.

Quantum3d President, Ross Q Smith, said, “Most business is institutional. You have a facility, soldiers or pilots come there to get trained and leave. It’s very difficult to have them back to undergo further training or learn new tactics. THERMITE has many uses including embedded training in vehicles or in the field.”