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Oceaneering International has developed and implemented a real-time system to augment the situational awareness of subsea Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) operators. This system, called Modular Integrated Man-Machine Interaction Control (MIMIC), provides the operator with vehicle state information and augments the ROV camera views with additional simulated views of the worksite and the ROV. It creates the simulated views using CAD models of the ROV and the operational environment integrated with real-time vehicle sensor feedback and physics-based dynamic simulations. This capability is the most significant situational awareness system development since the advent of sonar for underwater remotely operated vehicles tasked with exploration and development of deep ocean resources.