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Geosciences, Oil & Gas: |
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Virtual
Reality (VR) technology has exploded into a range of
visualization tools that can be used by geoscientists,
engineers, and other asset teams to enhance and speed up
oil and gas exploration, drilling, and production. New
emerging VR systems can be tailored into fit-for-purpose
solutions offering operational integration for all asset
teams from the rig to the office, and from office to
office.
A reasonable expectation is that a large-scale
visualization capability reduces project costs and field
errors by 5-10%. Return on investment is typically
agreed to be less than one year. VR and immersive
environments combine advanced technology with social
interaction to analyze complex problems and to take
quick and accurate decisions. Very powerful, their
applications range from large-scale 3D collaborative
viewing rooms over portable environments, to fully
immersive spaces completely surrounding the interpreters
with their data.
These large-screen visual display systems show large
amounts of data - typically 2.5 to over 4 Mega pixels -
on large flat or curved screens at the same time. They
allow multi-disciplinary teams of up to 20 viewers to
effectively visualize and evaluate geophysical data for
oil and gas E&P in 3D. Applications by the world’s
leading oil and gas companies include real-time
visualization, analysis, and decision-making of seismic
data, complex reservoir models, well logs, and geologic
cross sections. Most systems are tailored to meet
specific needs with the screen size, the depth of the
system, and number and type of projectors customized to
provide the optimum display solution. As a standard they
offer stereoscopic visualization and include interactive
whiteboards and integrated videoconferencing systems.
Large presentation environments usually carry a high
price tag, but are reported to provide maximum return on
investment. Many of the world’s leading oil and gas
companies use them in their headquarters and in
important
subsidiaries all over the world. Recent new
high-resolution projectors enables the building of
a stereoscopic large screen display using only three
projectors. As most advanced network centric concepts
even include a built-in powerful upgradeable display
server, all information available in the company can be
retrieved via the network and displayed in multiple
windows on the large VR workroom screen. These windows
with mono or stereo content from the network or from
diverse external sources (video or data) can be freely
positioned and scaled. Teleconferencing windows can be
added and several locations can be visually linked for
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Engineering: |
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Large screen display
systems are common display systems today. Especially
projector-based PC cluster large screen displays are
most popular large screen display systems.
Projector-based systems are more useful for making
seamless large screen display systems than multi-monitor
systems. |
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Aerospace: |
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In
aerospace research, the major application area is
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) where the governing
equations describing the fluid motion are solved
numerically and the dynamics are investigated by either
visualizing or analyzing the huge volume of data
produced by the simulation. |
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Design: |
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The
ability to display and interact with large-scale
representations of vehicles has always been a
fundamental requirement of the automotive design
industry. This requirement has traditionally manifested
itself in a variety of media, including full-scale
blueprints, tape drawings, and 3D clay models. More
recently, automotive design studios have begun to
explore the use of large-scale digital displays in their
design workflow. We explore the traditional and current
uses of large displays in automotive design and present
new applications that make innovative use of
large-format electronic displays. |
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