<s>
MAK	O
Technologies	O
,	O
formerly	O
doing	O
business	O
as	O
VT	B-Application
MAK	I-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
Cambridge	O
,	O
Massachusetts	O
that	O
provides	O
commercial	O
off-the-shelf	O
(	O
COTS	O
)	O
modeling	O
and	O
simulation	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
develops	O
and	O
sells	O
software	O
for	O
distributed	O
simulations	O
that	O
system	O
integrators	O
,	O
governments	O
,	O
and	O
research	O
institutions	O
use	O
to	O
build	O
and	O
populate	O
3D	O
simulated	B-Application
environments	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
VT	B-Application
MAK	I-Application
to	O
reflect	O
the	O
branding	O
of	O
the	O
parent	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VT	B-Application
MAK	I-Application
and	O
returned	O
to	O
doing	O
business	O
as	O
MAK	O
Technologies	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
of	O
ST	O
Engineering	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MAK	O
has	O
contributed	O
significantly	O
to	O
SISO	O
interoperability	O
standards	O
including	O
the	O
High-Level	B-Operating_System
Architecture	I-Operating_System
(	O
HLA	B-Operating_System
)	O
RPRFOM	O
and	O
the	O
Web	O
Live	O
Virtual	O
Constructive	O
(	O
WebLVC	O
)	O
simulation	O
initiative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Formerly	O
a	O
business	O
segment	O
of	O
Boston	O
Dynamics	O
,	O
DI-Guy	O
develops	O
software	O
tools	O
for	O
real-time	O
human	O
visualization	O
,	O
simulation	O
and	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
MAK	O
works	O
with	O
customers	O
to	O
build	O
and	O
populate	O
3D	O
simulated	B-Application
environments	I-Application
where	O
modeling	O
and	O
simulation	O
is	O
needed	O
to	O
train	O
,	O
plan	O
,	O
analyze	O
,	O
experiment	O
,	O
prototype	O
,	O
and	O
demonstrate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MAK	O
uses	O
open	O
standards	O
as	O
a	O
base	O
for	O
its	O
product	O
line	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
natively	O
compliant	O
with	O
both	O
High	B-Operating_System
Level	I-Operating_System
Architecture	I-Operating_System
(	O
HLA	B-Operating_System
)	O
and	O
Distributed	B-Operating_System
Interactive	I-Operating_System
Simulation	I-Operating_System
(	O
DIS	O
)	O
IEEE	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
has	O
also	O
drafted	O
and	O
submitted	O
the	O
WebLVC	O
protocol	O
for	O
review	O
to	O
the	O
Simulation	O
Interoperability	O
Standards	O
Organization	O
(	O
SISO	O
)	O
,	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
bring	O
live	O
,	O
virtual	O
,	O
and	O
constructive	O
simulation	O
to	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MAK	O
Technologies	O
holds	O
several	O
United	O
States	O
software	O
patents	O
including	O
:	O
A	O
computer-implemented	O
method	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
a	O
distributed	B-Operating_System
interactive	I-Operating_System
simulation	I-Operating_System
(	O
DIS	O
)	O
type	O
network	O
protocol	O
for	O
simulating	O
sustained	O
contact	O
of	O
first	O
and	O
second	O
computer-implemented	O
objects	O
on	O
each	O
other	O
in	O
a	O
virtual	O
environment	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
two	O
patents	O
for	O
high	O
speed	O
eye	O
tracking	O
device	O
and	O
method	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Link	O
—	O
Interoperability	O
tools	O
for	O
interconnecting	O
simulators	O
and	O
simulation	O
components	O
within	O
a	O
Distributed	B-Operating_System
Interactive	I-Operating_System
Simulation	I-Operating_System
(	O
DIS	O
)	O
compliant	O
with	O
the	O
High-level	B-Operating_System
architecture	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Humans	O
—	O
AI	B-Application
Human	O
characters	O
for	O
real-time	O
visual	O
simulations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web	O
/	O
Mobile	O
—	O
WebLVC	O
based	O
interoperability	O
tools	O
that	O
connect	O
distributed	O
simulation	O
federations	O
to	O
web	B-Application
clients	I-Application
using	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
messages	O
.	O
</s>
