Engine agnostic interface for communication between game engines and simulation systems

A communication system, the system comprising:

• a simulator;
• a game engine;
• and
• an agnostic interface mechanism coupled between the simulator and the game engine, the agnostic interface mechanism comprising:
• a first interface configured to receive a first simulator specific object from the simulator via a specific protocol of the simulator and to translate the first simulator specific object into a first interface object;
• a second interface configured to translate the first interface object into a game specific object and to transmit the first game specific object to the game engine;
• and
• a core control coupled between the first interface and the second interface for controlling the communication of objects between the simulator and the game engine;
• wherein the core control through the second interface provides the first game specific object to the game engine through a direct application programming interface (API) call.

A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having control logic stored therein for interfacing between a simulator and a game engine, the control logic comprising:

• first computer readable program code means for causing the computer to receive a first simulator specific object from the simulator via a specific protocol of the simulator;
• second computer readable program code means for causing the computer to translate the first simulator specific object into a first interface object;
• third computer readable program code means for causing the computer to translate the first interface object into a game specific object and to transmit the first game specific object to the game engine;
• fourth computer readable program code means for causing the computer to provide a core control coupled for controlling the communication of objects between the simulator and the game engine;
• and
• fifth computer readable program code means for causing the computer to provide the first game specific object to the game engine through a direct application programming interface (API) call.