Abstract: Vehicle developer devices, systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vehicle developer device includes a management computing device, a plurality of electronic control units, and a plurality peripheral devices, wherein one or more individual peripheral devices of the plurality of peripheral devices is a physical representation of an actual vehicle peripheral device. The vehicle developer device further includes a plurality of ports for receiving one or more of at least one additional electronic control units and at least one additional peripheral devices. The management computing device configures the plurality of electronic control units, and simulates operation of a full-scale simulated vehicle. The vehicle developer device is smaller in size than the full-scale simulated vehicle.

Abstract: Vehicle developer devices, systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vehicle developer device includes a plurality of electronic control units, a plurality peripheral devices communicatively coupled to the plurality of electronic control units, wherein one or more individual peripheral devices of the plurality of peripheral devices is a physical representation of an actual vehicle peripheral device, and a management computing device including one or more processors and a memory device storing computer-readable instructions. The vehicle developer device receives one or more sets of software instructions, compiles the one or more sets of software instructions for execution by at least one electronic control unit of the plurality of electronic control units, and receives output from one or more of: 1) at least one electronic control unit of the plurality of electronic control units and 2) at least one peripheral device of the plurality of peripheral devices.

Abstract: An interactive gaming system is described that comprises a host gaming server comprising memory and a processor; said host gaming server being capable of remotely communicating with at least two client consoles that are capable of running application software; an SDK capable of being integrated with the application software running on the at least two client consoles wherein said SDK will facilitate communication with said host gaming server; a tournament management program stored in said memory and capable of being run on said processor; wherein said tournament management program will manage the operation of a tournament involving games to be played by players on the at least two client consoles; wherein said games are hosted on one of the at least two client consoles involved in said game and said SDK will communicate information regarding said game after said game has ended.