SIMULATION AND MULTIMEDIA INTEGRATION AND NAVIGATION INTERFACE AND METHOD

摘要

A method that integrates the display of simulation and multimedia by dividing software simulation into a navigable structure that can be accessed with linear and random access navigational controls. A user interface is utilized to provide simultaneous or consecutive display of interactive simulation and multimedia content within windows of standardized shape, location and size. Controls, including menu selection and forward and back buttons permit navigation through integrated multimedia pages/sections and simulation. The assignation of attributes, programmatic methods and programmatic events to navigable simulation and multimedia structural units, referred to as "tracks", enables communication between the multimedia and simulation tracks, which maintains synchronization of the joint display. The random access navigation features of the interface permits adaptive simulation content display based on user performance, skills, needs and preferences.