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For more than 20 years we have been relentlessly innovating to make the most of technological evolutions within and outside our industry. That is how we have consistently delivered cutting edge driving simulation solutions, thanks to our engineers as well as our partners both within the academic and the car manufacturing world.
Here are some of the exciting breakthrough we are currently working on with our partners, all over the world.
How the VR/MR is revolutionizing the automotive simulation industry

How the VR/MR is revolutionizing the automotive simulation industry

Driving simulation has undergone significant advancements, and one of the most notable breakthroughs in recent years has been the integration of virtual reality (VR) and more recently the Mixed Reality (MR) in the automotive simulation industry. This integration has...

Gender equility index 2023

Gender equility index 2023

AVSimulation is firmly attached to the principle of equality in the workplace. We believe that everyone, regardless of our gender, deserves equal opportunities for career development and success. As a company with a strong policy of diversity and inclusion, we strive...

ISO 9001 Certification Renewal

ISO 9001 Certification Renewal

AVSimulation is proud to announce a significant milestone in its journey: the renewal of its ISO 9001 certification for the fifth consecutive year. This achievement reflects the company's ongoing commitment to quality, operational excellence, and customer...

Massive Simulation: Added values and workflow

Massive Simulation: Added values and workflow

Simulation plays a vital role in reducing costs and accelerating the development of cars. With modern vehicles having complex systems and stricter safety standards, the use of simulation becomes even more important. Simulation allows for virtual testing of realistic...

Gender Equality Index 2022

Gender Equality Index 2022

AVSimulation promotes professional equality between women and men. We believe every individual, regardless of gender, should have equal opportunity to succeed and prosper in their career. As a company that values diversity and inclusion, we are committed to create a...

How the VR/MR is revolutionizing the automotive simulation industry

How the VR/MR is revolutionizing the automotive simulation industry

Driving simulation has undergone significant advancements, and one of the most notable breakthroughs in recent years has been the integration of virtual reality (VR) and more recently the Mixed Reality (MR) in the automotive simulation industry. This integration has...

Gender equility index 2023

Gender equility index 2023

AVSimulation is firmly attached to the principle of equality in the workplace. We believe that everyone, regardless of our gender, deserves equal opportunities for career development and success. As a company with a strong policy of diversity and inclusion, we strive...

ISO 9001 Certification Renewal

ISO 9001 Certification Renewal

AVSimulation is proud to announce a significant milestone in its journey: the renewal of its ISO 9001 certification for the fifth consecutive year. This achievement reflects the company's ongoing commitment to quality, operational excellence, and customer...

Massive Simulation: Added values and workflow

Massive Simulation: Added values and workflow

Simulation plays a vital role in reducing costs and accelerating the development of cars. With modern vehicles having complex systems and stricter safety standards, the use of simulation becomes even more important. Simulation allows for virtual testing of realistic...

Gender Equality Index 2022

Gender Equality Index 2022

AVSimulation promotes professional equality between women and men. We believe every individual, regardless of gender, should have equal opportunity to succeed and prosper in their career. As a company that values diversity and inclusion, we are committed to create a...

How the VR/MR is revolutionizing the automotive simulation industry

How the VR/MR is revolutionizing the automotive simulation industry

Driving simulation has undergone significant advancements, and one of the most notable breakthroughs in recent years has been the integration of virtual reality (VR) and more recently the Mixed Reality (MR) in the automotive simulation industry. This integration has...

Gender equility index 2023

Gender equility index 2023

AVSimulation is firmly attached to the principle of equality in the workplace. We believe that everyone, regardless of our gender, deserves equal opportunities for career development and success. As a company with a strong policy of diversity and inclusion, we strive...

ISO 9001 Certification Renewal

ISO 9001 Certification Renewal

AVSimulation is proud to announce a significant milestone in its journey: the renewal of its ISO 9001 certification for the fifth consecutive year. This achievement reflects the company's ongoing commitment to quality, operational excellence, and customer...

Massive Simulation: Added values and workflow

Massive Simulation: Added values and workflow

Simulation plays a vital role in reducing costs and accelerating the development of cars. With modern vehicles having complex systems and stricter safety standards, the use of simulation becomes even more important. Simulation allows for virtual testing of realistic...

Gender Equality Index 2022

Gender Equality Index 2022

AVSimulation promotes professional equality between women and men. We believe every individual, regardless of gender, should have equal opportunity to succeed and prosper in their career. As a company that values diversity and inclusion, we are committed to create a...

Renewal of ISO 9001 certification !

Renewal of ISO 9001 certification !

AVSimulation is proud to announce the renewal of its ISO 9001 certification. AVSimulation makes customer satisfaction the focus of its management system. Providing the right answer to our customers' needs, with the best level of product and service quality, is our...

UTAC joins the capital of AVSimulation’s

UTAC joins the capital of AVSimulation’s

UTAC joins the capital of AVSimulation's (Sogeclair) With the entry of UTAC into its capital, AVSimulation, a Sogeclair subsidiary, is accelerating the development of vehicle testing in a virtual environment This new strategic agreement expands AVSimulation's...

Dassault Systemes becomes shareholder of AVSimulation

Dassault Systemes becomes shareholder of AVSimulation

With a capital increase of 10 million euros, Dassault Systemes acquires a 15% stake in AVSimulation. The two other shareholders, Oktal Sydac and Renault, respectively own 55.25% and 29.75% of AVSimulation shares. « The association with Dassault Systemes is for me a...

AVSimulation maintains ISO 9001 certification

AVSimulation maintains ISO 9001 certification

AVSimulation is proud to announce the upholding of ISO9001 certification. It is, thanks to all of our employees, their involvement and their mobilization that AVSimulation guarantees the satisfaction of its customers in a process of constant improvement and in order...

SCANeR studio 1.9 is out !

SCANeR studio 1.9 is out !

We are proud to announce that SCANeR™studio 1.9, the latest version of our automotive simulation software package, is now available. It includes many enhancements and new features to meet the needs of the most challenging simulation applications for engineers...

AVSimulation maintains ISO 9001 certification

AVSimulation obtained ISO 9001 certification

AVSimulation is pleased to announce the obtaining of ISO 9001 certification in September 2019. This certification is the result of the strong mobilization and involvement of all our employees and is perfectly in line with the quality policy of AVSimulation, which...

AVSimulation and ANSYS development of safe autonomous driving

AVSimulation and ANSYS development of safe autonomous driving

This strategic partnership between AVSimulation and ANSYS expedites autonomous vehicle design and validation with virtual testing, enabling millions of miles of digital road tests in a single week. The collaboration integrates revolutionary simulation technology from...

AVSimulation and OKTAL team up for physically based simulations

AVSimulation and OKTAL team up for physically based simulations

AVSimulation and OKTAL have signed an exclusive agreement for the development of a coupled version of SCANeR™studio and SE-Workbench. OKTAL is a sister company that has become a global reference in terms of synthetic environment rendering software in both...

ROADS High performance driving simulator

ROADS High performance driving simulator

AVSimulation was chosen by Renault for the design and development of their high performance driving simulator ROADS with a unique set of state of the art characteristics in terms of motion and 3D display system, as well as data analytics. It will use AVSimulation’s...

Renewal of ISO 9001 certification !

Renewal of ISO 9001 certification !

AVSimulation is proud to announce the renewal of its ISO 9001 certification. AVSimulation makes customer satisfaction the focus of its management system. Providing the right answer to our customers' needs, with the best level of product and service quality, is our...

UTAC joins the capital of AVSimulation’s

UTAC joins the capital of AVSimulation’s

UTAC joins the capital of AVSimulation's (Sogeclair) With the entry of UTAC into its capital, AVSimulation, a Sogeclair subsidiary, is accelerating the development of vehicle testing in a virtual environment This new strategic agreement expands AVSimulation's...

Dassault Systemes becomes shareholder of AVSimulation

Dassault Systemes becomes shareholder of AVSimulation

With a capital increase of 10 million euros, Dassault Systemes acquires a 15% stake in AVSimulation. The two other shareholders, Oktal Sydac and Renault, respectively own 55.25% and 29.75% of AVSimulation shares. « The association with Dassault Systemes is for me a...

AVSimulation maintains ISO 9001 certification

AVSimulation maintains ISO 9001 certification

AVSimulation is proud to announce the upholding of ISO9001 certification. It is, thanks to all of our employees, their involvement and their mobilization that AVSimulation guarantees the satisfaction of its customers in a process of constant improvement and in order...

SCANeR studio 1.9 is out !

SCANeR studio 1.9 is out !

We are proud to announce that SCANeR™studio 1.9, the latest version of our automotive simulation software package, is now available. It includes many enhancements and new features to meet the needs of the most challenging simulation applications for engineers...

AVSimulation maintains ISO 9001 certification

AVSimulation obtained ISO 9001 certification

AVSimulation is pleased to announce the obtaining of ISO 9001 certification in September 2019. This certification is the result of the strong mobilization and involvement of all our employees and is perfectly in line with the quality policy of AVSimulation, which...

AVSimulation and ANSYS development of safe autonomous driving

AVSimulation and ANSYS development of safe autonomous driving

This strategic partnership between AVSimulation and ANSYS expedites autonomous vehicle design and validation with virtual testing, enabling millions of miles of digital road tests in a single week. The collaboration integrates revolutionary simulation technology from...

Renewal of ISO 9001 certification !

Renewal of ISO 9001 certification !

AVSimulation is proud to announce the renewal of its ISO 9001 certification. AVSimulation makes customer satisfaction the focus of its management system. Providing the right answer to our customers' needs, with the best level of product and service quality, is our...

UTAC joins the capital of AVSimulation’s

UTAC joins the capital of AVSimulation’s

UTAC joins the capital of AVSimulation's (Sogeclair) With the entry of UTAC into its capital, AVSimulation, a Sogeclair subsidiary, is accelerating the development of vehicle testing in a virtual environment This new strategic agreement expands AVSimulation's...

Dassault Systemes becomes shareholder of AVSimulation

Dassault Systemes becomes shareholder of AVSimulation

With a capital increase of 10 million euros, Dassault Systemes acquires a 15% stake in AVSimulation. The two other shareholders, Oktal Sydac and Renault, respectively own 55.25% and 29.75% of AVSimulation shares. « The association with Dassault Systemes is for me a...

AVSimulation maintains ISO 9001 certification

AVSimulation maintains ISO 9001 certification

AVSimulation is proud to announce the upholding of ISO9001 certification. It is, thanks to all of our employees, their involvement and their mobilization that AVSimulation guarantees the satisfaction of its customers in a process of constant improvement and in order...

SCANeR studio 1.9 is out !

SCANeR studio 1.9 is out !

We are proud to announce that SCANeR™studio 1.9, the latest version of our automotive simulation software package, is now available. It includes many enhancements and new features to meet the needs of the most challenging simulation applications for engineers...

AVSimulation maintains ISO 9001 certification

AVSimulation obtained ISO 9001 certification

AVSimulation is pleased to announce the obtaining of ISO 9001 certification in September 2019. This certification is the result of the strong mobilization and involvement of all our employees and is perfectly in line with the quality policy of AVSimulation, which...

AVSimulation and ANSYS development of safe autonomous driving

AVSimulation and ANSYS development of safe autonomous driving

This strategic partnership between AVSimulation and ANSYS expedites autonomous vehicle design and validation with virtual testing, enabling millions of miles of digital road tests in a single week. The collaboration integrates revolutionary simulation technology from...

SCANeR Days 2022 : Thank you !

SCANeR Days 2022 : Thank you !

From October 17 to 19, 2022, our flagship event, SCANeR Day, took place.  October 17: we welcomed about twenty customers for a visit of the UTAC center. The program included a tour of the facilities, a visit to SimVil and a presentation on "how simulation helps...

Renewal of ISO 9001 certification !

Renewal of ISO 9001 certification !

AVSimulation is proud to announce the renewal of its ISO 9001 certification. AVSimulation makes customer satisfaction the focus of its management system. Providing the right answer to our customers' needs, with the best level of product and service quality, is our...

SCANeR Days 2020 : Thank you

SCANeR Days 2020 : Thank you

The first SCANeR Days Digital took place successfully in our offices in Boulogne. These 2 days on Teams were dedicated to the presentation of the new features of SCANeR studio 2021. Our experts would like to thank you for your participation, your interest and your...

SCANeR Days 2020

SCANeR Days 2020

AVSimulation is pleased to invite you to the SCANeR Days Digital 2020 which will be held on 7th and 8th October 2020. We will dedicate this event to the new features of SCANeR studio, user presentations and different workshops. The presentations will take place on...

SCANeR studio 1.9 update is out !

SCANeR studio 1.9 update is out !

AVSimulation is proud to announce that SCANeR studio 1.9 update, the latest version of our automotive simulation software package, is now available. It includes many enhancements and new features to meet the needs of the most...

WEBINAR – Discover our new simulator SimEASY

WEBINAR – Discover our new simulator SimEASY

AVSimulation is pleased to announce the very first element of its new Simulators product line. SimEASY is an affordable, “out of the box” simulator which leverage the power of SCANeR studio to address a wide range of use cases. To know everything about SimEASY (price,...

AVSimulation at Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo in Novi

AVSimulation at Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo in Novi

Last week, we were at The Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo 2019 in Novi. This expo was an opportunity for our team to meet our customers and to show the new features of SCANeR and our new generation of complex scenarios and environments. We hope you had a great time...

Webinar – Speed Development of Safe Autonomous Driving

Webinar – Speed Development of Safe Autonomous Driving

Time : 5 novembre 2019 - 5:00 PM (CET) Venue : Online   The next generation of autonomous vehicles (AV) will be designed faster, safer and more affordably thanks to a strategic partnership between AVSimulation and ANSYS. The collaboration integrates revolutionary...

First Teambuilding for the AVSimulation teams

First Teambuilding for the AVSimulation teams

AVSimulation organized its first Teambuilding this friday, and it went very well. The goal: to reward our teams who work hard to bring you quality services and to influence them a new wave of motivation for the next challenges ahead. We organized this day with an...

AVSimulation at Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo 2019 in Novi

AVSimulation at Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo 2019 in Novi

AVSimulation is proud to announce their presence to the next Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo in Novi. Our team will be exhibiting from October 22nd to 24th. Be ready to meet us on our booth number AV302 ! This major event gives a large place for simulation tools...

SCANeR™Day 2019

SCANeR™Day 2019

AVSimulation is pleased to invite you to the SCANeR™Day which will be held on September 3th, 2019 at the Palais des Congrès et de la Musique in Strasbourg. We will dedicate this event to the new features of SCANeR™studio, user presentations and...

SCANeR™Day Japan

SCANeR™Day Japan

The first SCANeR™Day Japan was held on June 27 and 28 in Nagoya, with the help of our partener MAC Systems. They took the opportunity to inaugurate their new offices and their simulation division. We dedicated these days to SCANeR presentations and workshops in...

SCANeR™Day 2019

SCANeR™Day 2019

This year our SCANeR™Day will take place on September 3rd in Strasbourg, just before the Driving Simulation Conference. During the day, you will have the opportunity to find out the new features of SCANeR™studio and discover testimonies from our special...

Meet AVSimulation at Automotive Testing Expo 2019 in Stuttgart

Meet AVSimulation at Automotive Testing Expo 2019 in Stuttgart

AVSimulation will be attending and exhibiting at the next Autonomous Vehicle Technology Europe Testing Expo in Stuttgart, from May 21st to 23rd. Meet us on our booth number AV4015, Hall 6 ! The AVSimulation team will be showing the most recent developments on...

Job Dating : Find your dream internship, April 26th 2019

Job Dating : Find your dream internship, April 26th 2019

Are you interested in the innovation? Are you looking for an intership to validate your diploma? Do you want to work in a simulation driving fields? We are looking for interns (2nd year university level or more), for the follow positions : ·         Graphics Designer...

SCANeR™Day Korea

SCANeR™Day Korea

SCANeR™Day Korea was held on March 28 in Seoul, with the help of our Partner INNOSIMULATION. We brought together more than 100 people from research institutes, government corporations, universities and main automobile industries actors. Many SCANeR users were...

Job Dating, November 16th 2018

Job Dating, November 16th 2018

Are you looking for an internship to validate your diploma? Are you passionate about software development? Would you like to join a fantastic team and participate to innovative projects involving self-driving cars, driving simulation and Artificial Intelligence? If...

AVSimulation at Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo 2018 in Detroit

AVSimulation at Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo 2018 in Detroit

AVSimulation will be attending and exhibiting at the next Autonomous Vehicle Technology World Expo in Novi, Michigan, from October 23rd to 25th. Meet us on our booth number AV314 ! The AVSimulation team will be showing the most recent developments on physics-based...

SCANeR Day 2018

SCANeR Day 2018

Dear Users, Partners and Friends of SCANeR Don’t miss SCANeR Day 2018, October 10-12 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. These conferences will focus on the new version 1.8 of SCANeR, but also feedback on SCANeR users and our large projects. Come share this event with...

DSC 2018 Europe

DSC 2018 Europe

Don’t miss DSC 2018 Europe, September 5-7 in Antibes, France, the main event for driving simulation industrial executives, specialists and managers as well as academic fellows and commercial simulation providers. This year program will also give an enlarged place for...

Autonomous Vehicle Test & Development Symposium Europe 2018

Autonomous Vehicle Test & Development Symposium Europe 2018

We were present again this year at Stuttgart for the Autonomous Vehicle Testing Symposium with a great success in the exposition and in the conference. On our booth we showed different demonstrations of SCANeR studio : interactive driving simulation on highway with...

How the VR/MR is revolutionizing the automotive simulation industry

How the VR/MR is revolutionizing the automotive simulation industry

Driving simulation has undergone significant advancements, and one of the most notable breakthroughs in recent years has been the integration of virtual reality (VR) and more recently the Mixed Reality (MR) in the automotive simulation industry. This integration has...

Gender equility index 2023

Gender equility index 2023

AVSimulation is firmly attached to the principle of equality in the workplace. We believe that everyone, regardless of our gender, deserves equal opportunities for career development and success. As a company with a strong policy of diversity and inclusion, we strive...

ISO 9001 Certification Renewal

ISO 9001 Certification Renewal

AVSimulation is proud to announce a significant milestone in its journey: the renewal of its ISO 9001 certification for the fifth consecutive year. This achievement reflects the company's ongoing commitment to quality, operational excellence, and customer...

Massive Simulation: Added values and workflow

Massive Simulation: Added values and workflow

Simulation plays a vital role in reducing costs and accelerating the development of cars. With modern vehicles having complex systems and stricter safety standards, the use of simulation becomes even more important. Simulation allows for virtual testing of realistic...

Gender Equality Index 2022

Gender Equality Index 2022

AVSimulation promotes professional equality between women and men. We believe every individual, regardless of gender, should have equal opportunity to succeed and prosper in their career. As a company that values diversity and inclusion, we are committed to create a...

SCANeR Days 2022 : Thank you !

SCANeR Days 2022 : Thank you !

From October 17 to 19, 2022, our flagship event, SCANeR Day, took place.  October 17: we welcomed about twenty customers for a visit of the UTAC center. The program included a tour of the facilities, a visit to SimVil and a presentation on "how simulation helps...

Use Case: Pixel Lighting in SCANeR

Use Case: Pixel Lighting in SCANeR

Only 25% of automobile travel occurs at night, but more than 40% of serious accidents (fatal or involving serious injury) occur during this time*. * Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the European Commission (EC). The industry has...

Renewal of ISO 9001 certification !

Renewal of ISO 9001 certification !

AVSimulation is proud to announce the renewal of its ISO 9001 certification. AVSimulation makes customer satisfaction the focus of its management system. Providing the right answer to our customers' needs, with the best level of product and service quality, is our...

Electric vehicles simulation with SCANeR

Electric vehicles simulation with SCANeR

"Europe will impose 'zero emissions' in 2035." This is the headline of many newspapers and car magazines in this late spring of 2021. We are in 2022 and the European Commission has just validated this statement.From 2035 onwards, car sales in Europe will therefore...

UTAC joins the capital of AVSimulation’s

UTAC joins the capital of AVSimulation’s

UTAC joins the capital of AVSimulation's (Sogeclair) With the entry of UTAC into its capital, AVSimulation, a Sogeclair subsidiary, is accelerating the development of vehicle testing in a virtual environment This new strategic agreement expands AVSimulation's...

CALLAS: The advanced vehicle model for simulation

CALLAS: The advanced vehicle model for simulation

To test and validate automotive systems and/or perform human factors researches engineers and researchers have been using for years simulation. Simulation and real-world tests are complementary, the simulation allows to emulate equipment/models (e.g., powertrain,...

The Interview: Motion

The Interview: Motion

Can you introduce yourself? After some rich years leading some projects for French car manufacturers and suppliers, I decided to move from a user to a creator of driving simulators. From 2009, I supervised international projects for OKTAL (former name of the...

The necessity of motion for immersive simulation

The necessity of motion for immersive simulation

There are many challenges we face in the domain of automotive simulation. While it is of course important to recognize the clear and numerous benefits of simulation, it is also important to recognize the need to implement appropriate systems in a simulation...

The Interview: SCANeR’s CALLAS vehicle dynamics model

The Interview: SCANeR’s CALLAS vehicle dynamics model

Can you introduce yourself? Rémi Figueredo, for the last 3 years, I have been a Research and Development engineer at AVSimulation, and my area of expertise is Vehicle Dynamics. As part of the technical direction, I participate in the development of the SCANeR software...

What makes a good DiL simulator

What makes a good DiL simulator

Driver in the Loop   The concept of driving simulators emerged in the 1930’s for research on traffic safety. The concept shown here by DeSilva in 1936 is already close to some simulators used these days. At the time, the idea was already to bring the driver into...

The Interview: OpenDRIVE

The Interview: OpenDRIVE

Can you introduce yourself?   I am Valérie Dognin, I'm Product Owner at AVSimulation for 3 years. I am in charge of SCANeR Roadmap and more particularly on Terrain and Visual subjects.  Can you give us a quick and simple definition of OpenDRIVE?  ...

Why simulation and physical tests are complementary?

Why simulation and physical tests are complementary?

Before simulation, validation of new systems under test (complete vehicles, ADAS command law, headlights, etc.)  were only physical tests, which means that we deployed several versions of prototypes on a track in order to make sure that the behavior is what was...

Lighting simulation, a major challenge in the automotive domain

Lighting simulation, a major challenge in the automotive domain

Autonomous vehicles are real. Combination of different sensors (cameras, radars or LiDAR) allow vehicles to take its environment (weather, other vehicles, pedestrian, etc.) into account and therefore accelerate, turn, break autonomously. Automotive simulation has...

The Interview: Massive simulation

The Interview: Massive simulation

Can you introduce yourself in a few words? My name is Alex GRANDJEAN and I have worked at AVSimulation for 6 years, as product owner and project manager. I am an expert in scenarisation, traffic simulation and HPC. I am involved for more than 4 years in SVA and 3SA...

SCANeR for the off-highway and the off-road

SCANeR for the off-highway and the off-road

In 2016, 1.35 million people were killed in road accidents worldwide, compared to 1.15 million in 2000. An increase of 17.7%. At the same time the number of car registrations increased by 2.5 times (from 0.8 to 2 billion). This relatively low inflation can be...

CO2 emissions in SCANeR studio

CO2 emissions in SCANeR studio

Global warming is a major issue, probably the most complex problem humanity has had to solve since the dawn of civilization. The complexity comes from the fact that it implies a radical change in the whole range of human activities, especially the activities related...

The Interview: Hardware in the Loop (HIL)

The Interview: Hardware in the Loop (HIL)

Can you introduce yourself in a few words? My name is Gregory Rousseau, I'm a Product Owner for 3 years at AVSimulation. I'm in charge of defining the Roadmap, monitoring the progress of developments, while anticipating or listening to the present or future needs of...

The Interview: Vehicle in the Loop (VIL).

The Interview: Vehicle in the Loop (VIL).

Can you introduce yourself in a few words? Marcus HEWAT, I am Tech Lead at AVSimulation in the field of Vehicle Dynamics, Motion and Real-Time Systems. I was previously at SERA-CD, a company that developed the CALLAS vehicle dynamics model, which was bought by...

The Interview : Know everything about our sensors

The Interview : Know everything about our sensors

Can you introduce yourself in a few words?   David BOYREL, I have been working for AVSimulation since 2005, formerly OKTAL Paris. I started as a service provider and then I joined the development team where I worked on SCANeR around many subjects in the field of 3D:...

AVSimulation has been selected for an EPIC MegaGrants !

AVSimulation has been selected for an EPIC MegaGrants !

AVSimulation is pleased to announce that our R&D team has been selected for an EPIC MegaGrants for our project SCANeR Ne><t.   What are Epic MegaGrants?   Created by Epic Games this project commits $100 million to support game developers,...

The Interview: BMW Simulators

The Interview: BMW Simulators

"We made the impossible possible." (Emmanuel Chevrier, CEO)An interview with Tinhinan Zamoum, Project manager, and Christian Schost, Product Marketing Manager at AVSimulationFirst, can you tell us more about the historical and philosophical context of the project?  C....

AVSimulation releases the SCANeR 2021.2 update

AVSimulation releases the SCANeR 2021.2 update

AVSimulation is proud to announce that SCANeR 2021.2, the latest version of our automotive simulation software package, is now available. It replaces the 2021.1 and includes many corrections and enhancements to meet the needs of the most challenging simulation...

The interview: Using the Unreal Engine at AVSimulation

The interview: Using the Unreal Engine at AVSimulation

An interview with Valerie DOGNIN Product Owner, and Geoffroy Lacarrière, Development Design Engineer C++ at AVSimulationCan you explain to me what unreal is? G. Lacarriere: Unreal is primarily a 3D engine, but it is also a number of tools around this 3D engine that...

The interview : Artificial intelligence at AVSimulation

The interview : Artificial intelligence at AVSimulation

An interview with Emmanuel Chevrier, CEO of AVSimulation and Thomas Nguyen, Head of Automotive Domain of AVSimulation  Where are we with artificial intelligence in autonomous driving ? E. Chevrier : an Autonomous Vehicle – like a human being – goes through 3...

AVSimulation announces the release of SCANeR 2021.1 r34 update

AVSimulation announces the release of SCANeR 2021.1 r34 update

SCANeR 2021.1 r34 released March 24 2021. AVSimulation announced the new SCANeR 2021.1 r34 updating numerous changes in SCANeR studio and Terrain. To learn more about about the Services at AVSimulation take a look at the online Services Catalogue. Now if you have an...

Gender Professional Equality Index for 2020

Gender Professional Equality Index for 2020

Due to the health crisis and the economic context, AVSimulation is unable to produce the Gender Equality Index for the year 2020. The 2nd (difference of individual increases excluding promotions) and the 3rd (percentage of employees increased on return from maternity...

Dassault Systemes becomes shareholder of AVSimulation

Dassault Systemes becomes shareholder of AVSimulation

With a capital increase of 10 million euros, Dassault Systemes acquires a 15% stake in AVSimulation. The two other shareholders, Oktal Sydac and Renault, respectively own 55.25% and 29.75% of AVSimulation shares. « The association with Dassault Systemes is for me a...

SCANeR Days 2020 : Thank you

SCANeR Days 2020 : Thank you

The first SCANeR Days Digital took place successfully in our offices in Boulogne. These 2 days on Teams were dedicated to the presentation of the new features of SCANeR studio 2021. Our experts would like to thank you for your participation, your interest and your...

SCANeR Days 2020

SCANeR Days 2020

AVSimulation is pleased to invite you to the SCANeR Days Digital 2020 which will be held on 7th and 8th October 2020. We will dedicate this event to the new features of SCANeR studio, user presentations and different workshops. The presentations will take place on...

AVSimulation maintains ISO 9001 certification

AVSimulation maintains ISO 9001 certification

AVSimulation is proud to announce the upholding of ISO9001 certification. It is, thanks to all of our employees, their involvement and their mobilization that AVSimulation guarantees the satisfaction of its customers in a process of constant improvement and in order...

SCANeR studio 1.9 update is out !

SCANeR studio 1.9 update is out !

AVSimulation is proud to announce that SCANeR studio 1.9 update, the latest version of our automotive simulation software package, is now available. It includes many enhancements and new features to meet the needs of the most...

WEBINAR – Discover our new simulator SimEASY

WEBINAR – Discover our new simulator SimEASY

AVSimulation is pleased to announce the very first element of its new Simulators product line. SimEASY is an affordable, “out of the box” simulator which leverage the power of SCANeR studio to address a wide range of use cases. To know everything about SimEASY (price,...

COVID-19

COVID-19

Following the recent French government announcements about Covid-19, we wish to keep you informed of the situation at AVSimulation. Although all of our employees are now working from home, all of our services are still available : Our support team will be glad to help...

Index of professional equality between women and men 2022

Gender Professional Equality Index

Here is AVSimulation's Gender Equality index. With a score of 75%, AVSimulation is committed to defending gender diversity and professional equality.

SCANeR studio 1.9 is out !

SCANeR studio 1.9 is out !

We are proud to announce that SCANeR™studio 1.9, the latest version of our automotive simulation software package, is now available. It includes many enhancements and new features to meet the needs of the most challenging simulation applications for engineers...

Webinar – Speed Development of Safe Autonomous Driving

Webinar – Speed Development of Safe Autonomous Driving

Time : 5 novembre 2019 - 5:00 PM (CET) Venue : Online   The next generation of autonomous vehicles (AV) will be designed faster, safer and more affordably thanks to a strategic partnership between AVSimulation and ANSYS. The collaboration integrates revolutionary...

AVSimulation maintains ISO 9001 certification

AVSimulation obtained ISO 9001 certification

AVSimulation is pleased to announce the obtaining of ISO 9001 certification in September 2019. This certification is the result of the strong mobilization and involvement of all our employees and is perfectly in line with the quality policy of AVSimulation, which...

First Teambuilding for the AVSimulation teams

First Teambuilding for the AVSimulation teams

AVSimulation organized its first Teambuilding this friday, and it went very well. The goal: to reward our teams who work hard to bring you quality services and to influence them a new wave of motivation for the next challenges ahead. We organized this day with an...

The Peugeot simulator at AVSimulation

The Peugeot simulator at AVSimulation

The Peugeot Sport 308 GTi simulator,  which was created for the 2014 Paris Motor Show, arrived to AVSimulation Showroom. It was driven by Miss Universe 2016 Iris Mittenaere and the famous French rally driver Sébastien Loeb. It was recently installed in our...

Interns Wanted !

Interns Wanted !

AVSimulation is chasing young talents of tomorrow. So if you are looking for a pre-hiring internship in one of the domains below : PMO IT network security Automation / Embedded systems Audiovisual / Projection Ergonomic of software  … contact us at...

Scientific publications about SCANeR

Scientific publications about SCANeR

Dogan E., Rahal M.C., Deborne R., Delhomme P., Kemeny A., Perrin J. (2017) Transition of control in a partially automated vehicle: Effects of anticipation and non-driving-related task involvement Transportation Research Part F 46 Traffic Psychology and Behavior,...

New AVSimulation simulator in Malaysia

New AVSimulation simulator in Malaysia

AVSimulation has delivered a new simulator in Malaysia. Used for research it is built with: Premium compact driving simulator Compact 6 DoF motion system Three 40 "screens SCANeR studio software

Massive Simulation: Added values and workflow

Massive Simulation: Added values and workflow

Simulation plays a vital role in reducing costs and accelerating the development of cars. With modern vehicles having complex systems and stricter safety standards, the use of simulation becomes even more important. Simulation allows for virtual testing of realistic...

SCANeR Days 2022 : Thank you !

SCANeR Days 2022 : Thank you !

From October 17 to 19, 2022, our flagship event, SCANeR Day, took place.  October 17: we welcomed about twenty customers for a visit of the UTAC center. The program included a tour of the facilities, a visit to SimVil and a presentation on "how simulation helps...

Use Case: Pixel Lighting in SCANeR

Use Case: Pixel Lighting in SCANeR

Only 25% of automobile travel occurs at night, but more than 40% of serious accidents (fatal or involving serious injury) occur during this time*. * Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the European Commission (EC). The industry has...

Electric vehicles simulation with SCANeR

Electric vehicles simulation with SCANeR

"Europe will impose 'zero emissions' in 2035." This is the headline of many newspapers and car magazines in this late spring of 2021. We are in 2022 and the European Commission has just validated this statement.From 2035 onwards, car sales in Europe will therefore...

CALLAS: The advanced vehicle model for simulation

CALLAS: The advanced vehicle model for simulation

To test and validate automotive systems and/or perform human factors researches engineers and researchers have been using for years simulation. Simulation and real-world tests are complementary, the simulation allows to emulate equipment/models (e.g., powertrain,...

The Interview: Motion

The Interview: Motion

Can you introduce yourself? After some rich years leading some projects for French car manufacturers and suppliers, I decided to move from a user to a creator of driving simulators. From 2009, I supervised international projects for OKTAL (former name of the...

What makes a good DiL simulator

What makes a good DiL simulator

Driver in the Loop   The concept of driving simulators emerged in the 1930’s for research on traffic safety. The concept shown here by DeSilva in 1936 is already close to some simulators used these days. At the time, the idea was already to bring the driver into...

The Interview: OpenDRIVE

The Interview: OpenDRIVE

Can you introduce yourself?   I am Valérie Dognin, I'm Product Owner at AVSimulation for 3 years. I am in charge of SCANeR Roadmap and more particularly on Terrain and Visual subjects.  Can you give us a quick and simple definition of OpenDRIVE?  ...

The Interview: Massive simulation

The Interview: Massive simulation

Can you introduce yourself in a few words? My name is Alex GRANDJEAN and I have worked at AVSimulation for 6 years, as product owner and project manager. I am an expert in scenarisation, traffic simulation and HPC. I am involved for more than 4 years in SVA and 3SA...

SCANeR for the off-highway and the off-road

SCANeR for the off-highway and the off-road

In 2016, 1.35 million people were killed in road accidents worldwide, compared to 1.15 million in 2000. An increase of 17.7%. At the same time the number of car registrations increased by 2.5 times (from 0.8 to 2 billion). This relatively low inflation can be...

CO2 emissions in SCANeR studio

CO2 emissions in SCANeR studio

Global warming is a major issue, probably the most complex problem humanity has had to solve since the dawn of civilization. The complexity comes from the fact that it implies a radical change in the whole range of human activities, especially the activities related...

The Interview: Hardware in the Loop (HIL)

The Interview: Hardware in the Loop (HIL)

Can you introduce yourself in a few words? My name is Gregory Rousseau, I'm a Product Owner for 3 years at AVSimulation. I'm in charge of defining the Roadmap, monitoring the progress of developments, while anticipating or listening to the present or future needs of...

The Interview: Vehicle in the Loop (VIL).

The Interview: Vehicle in the Loop (VIL).

Can you introduce yourself in a few words? Marcus HEWAT, I am Tech Lead at AVSimulation in the field of Vehicle Dynamics, Motion and Real-Time Systems. I was previously at SERA-CD, a company that developed the CALLAS vehicle dynamics model, which was bought by...

SCANeR Days 2020 : Thank you

SCANeR Days 2020 : Thank you

The first SCANeR Days Digital took place successfully in our offices in Boulogne. These 2 days on Teams were dedicated to the presentation of the new features of SCANeR studio 2021. Our experts would like to thank you for your participation, your interest and your...

SCANeR Days 2020

SCANeR Days 2020

AVSimulation is pleased to invite you to the SCANeR Days Digital 2020 which will be held on 7th and 8th October 2020. We will dedicate this event to the new features of SCANeR studio, user presentations and different workshops. The presentations will take place on...

SCANeR studio 1.9 is out !

SCANeR studio 1.9 is out !

We are proud to announce that SCANeR™studio 1.9, the latest version of our automotive simulation software package, is now available. It includes many enhancements and new features to meet the needs of the most challenging simulation applications for engineers...

SCANeR™Day 2019

SCANeR™Day 2019

AVSimulation is pleased to invite you to the SCANeR™Day which will be held on September 3th, 2019 at the Palais des Congrès et de la Musique in Strasbourg. We will dedicate this event to the new features of SCANeR™studio, user presentations and...

SCANeR™Day Japan

SCANeR™Day Japan

The first SCANeR™Day Japan was held on June 27 and 28 in Nagoya, with the help of our partener MAC Systems. They took the opportunity to inaugurate their new offices and their simulation division. We dedicated these days to SCANeR presentations and workshops in...

SCANeR™Day 2019

SCANeR™Day 2019

This year our SCANeR™Day will take place on September 3rd in Strasbourg, just before the Driving Simulation Conference. During the day, you will have the opportunity to find out the new features of SCANeR™studio and discover testimonies from our special...

The Peugeot simulator at AVSimulation

The Peugeot simulator at AVSimulation

The Peugeot Sport 308 GTi simulator,  which was created for the 2014 Paris Motor Show, arrived to AVSimulation Showroom. It was driven by Miss Universe 2016 Iris Mittenaere and the famous French rally driver Sébastien Loeb. It was recently installed in our...

SCANeR™Day Korea

SCANeR™Day Korea

SCANeR™Day Korea was held on March 28 in Seoul, with the help of our Partner INNOSIMULATION. We brought together more than 100 people from research institutes, government corporations, universities and main automobile industries actors. Many SCANeR users were...

SCANeR Day 2018

SCANeR Day 2018

Dear Users, Partners and Friends of SCANeR Don’t miss SCANeR Day 2018, October 10-12 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. These conferences will focus on the new version 1.8 of SCANeR, but also feedback on SCANeR users and our large projects. Come share this event with...