Spatial localization design service

A method comprising:

• simulating one or more virtual environments;
• varying lighting in different instances of the simulated one or more virtual environments for testing a localization algorithm;
• simulating three-dimensional (3D) motion of a first hardware configuration within the different instances of the one or more virtual environments in which the lighting is varied;
• generating synthetic experiment data for the first hardware configuration having the simulated 3D motion within the one or more virtual environments in which the lighting is varied;
• applying one or more localization algorithms to the first hardware configurations with the simulated 3D motion in the one or more virtual environments in which the lighting is varied;
• determining disparity data of the one or more localization algorithms against ground truth data from the one or more localization algorithms applied to the simulated first hardware configuration with the simulated 3D motion in the one or more virtual environments in which the lighting is varied;
• based on the disparity data of the one or more localization algorithms against ground truth data, selecting a first localization algorithm for the first hardware configuration.

One or more computer storage devices having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for developing a localization solution, which, on execution by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

• simulating one or more hardware configurations comprising one or more virtual sensors;
• simulating one or more virtual environments;
• generating synthetic experiment data for a plurality of candidate localization solutions having differing hardware configurations or localization algorithm parameters;
• simulating movement of the one or more hardware configurations with the simulated motion in the one or more virtual environments;
• applying one or more localization algorithms to the simulated movement of the one or more hardware configurations with the simulated movement in the one or more virtual environments;
• determining disparity data of the simulated hardware configuration compared with a ground truth for the simulated hardware configuration;
• based on the disparity data, running subsequent testing of the one or more localization algorithms against a different synthetic scene, motion, or hardware configuration;
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• modifying at least one of the localization algorithms based on the subsequent testing.