Simulating Driver Assistance Aids

See how TracePro and OSLO simulate LiDAR and HUD systems—helping you design, optimize, and visualize driver-assist optics before prototyping.
6th June 2025

Modern driver assistance systems—such as LiDAR and head-up displays (HUDs)—demand complex, multi-domain optical simulation. This technical guide from Lambda Research Corporation demonstrates how TracePro and OSLO work in tandem to model, optimize, and visualize these safety-critical systems. You’ll explore LiDAR beam propagation, pedestrian/object detection, HUD photorealistic rendering, and how to iterate quickly using importance sampling and CAD imports.

What you’ll learn:

  • How to simulate LiDAR systems, including beam divergence and detection
  • Why modeling surface properties and real-world sources matters in ADAS
  • How to improve HUD designs using photorealistic rendering and optical tapering
  • How TracePro and OSLO streamline development of automotive optical systems