PRODUCT NEWS
We are creating a maritime simulation
community - join K-Sim Connect now!
BY: GULLIK JENSEN, DIRECTOR TECHNOLOGY, MARITIME SIMULATION, KONGSBERG DIGITAL
Figure: K-Sim Connect opens a whole new world of simulation opportunities by leveraging KONGSBERG’s many years of expertise in simulation and creat-ing
Empowering the simulator instructor
in the cloud
K-Sim Connect aims to create a new
simulation user experience based on
the simulators you already have, so that
you can use and operate them in a bet-ter
way. Just like the name promises,
Connect creates a connection between
each of the parts necessary for a suc-cessful
simulation learning experience;
the student, the instructor, the exercise,
the simulators and the simulator content.
Digitalization trends in maritime
training and education
Digital technologies are changing mari-time
simulation, and their effects will
mostly be related to creating a more
compelling user experience, in deliver-ing
and supporting simulators efficiently
and renewing the business model. Digi-talization
is not going to create new
simulators, make old simulators obso-lete
or remove the need for full mission
simulators in training centers. Instead,
digital services are going to complement
physical simulator experiences to form
a seamless mesh of physical and digital
exercises in a new way that increases
the benefits derived from simulators
which customers are already deploying.
In the future, we will see operational ef-ficiency
improvements motivated by the
new digital technology. Simulators will
go online to receive the latest software
release or security update. Instructors
and service engineers can monitor sys-tem
performance and get notifications
in good time if service or support is re-quired.
For some applications, the entire
simulator operation will migrate to the
cloud, not unlike what is currently hap-pening
with many major commercial soft-ware
vendors.
The focus will shift towards the commu-nity,
which in turn will become the driver
of new applications for simulation. The
emphasis will evolve from individual effort
to community efforts, from competition
to collaboration.
Business models will change from own-ership
to subscriptions and leasing,
progressing from pure products to a
mixture of products and services. For
schools, renting provides a much higher
degree of flexibility, not to mention im-pacting
beneficially on cashflow.
K-Sim Connect is our solution
The best way to predict the future is
to invent it, and since 2017 Kongsberg
Digital has taken the leading role in the
digital transformation of the maritime
training and education industry. We do
this based on our core belief that knowl-edge
is the key to addressing challeng-es
at sea in the domain of safety, risk,
operational performance, the environ-ment
and innovation. Leveraging our
“world leading” simulation technology,
we have helped to remove operational
constraints so that students and crew
can train in new and unfamiliar situa-tions
to build this knowledge using our
simulators. Emerging digital technolo-gies
will position us to deliver even more
efficient solutions.
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simulation services in the digital cloud.
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